The British Council launches a prize for young translators of Turkish literature into English

Sep 17, 2012 | Turkey, United Kingdom

Tags: Turkey, United KingdomIn partnership with the British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT) and with support from the Yunus Emre Institute in London, the British Council has launched a new prize for young translators of Turkish literature into English. The...

Translators’ house in Rome joins RECIT

Sep 16, 2012 | Italy

Tags: ItalyThe Casa delle Traduzioni in Rome has become an official member of RECIT (Réseau Européen des Centres Internationaux de Traducteurs littéraires), the international network of literary translators’ centres open to literary translators from all over the...

Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation awarded

Jul 6, 2012 | Austria

Tags: AustriaOn the 1st July 2012, Austrian translator Leopold Federmair and Ljubomir Iliev, Bulgarian translator of Austrian literature, were awarded the Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation 2011 in Klagenfurt. Both translators were honoured for their...

Professor István Géher, President of the Hungarian Translators’ Association, passed away

Jun 23, 2012 | Hungary

Tags: HungaryThe Hungarian Translators’ Association mourns the death of its president, Professor István Géher. Poet, literary translator, essayist, critic, eminent Shakespeare scholar and Professor Emeritus at the Budapest University of Arts, Professor Géher died on...

Slovene Literary Translation award ‘Sovretova’ awarded to Branko Gradisnik and Brane Senegacnik

Jun 15, 2012 | Slovenia

Tags: SloveniaOn 14 June 2012 the most important literary translation prize in Slovenia, ‘Sovretova nagrada’ (Award Sovre) was awarded to Branko Gradisnik for his translation of a masterpiece by Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire, and to Brane Senegacnik for his bilingual...

Third Literary Translators’ Weekend: Association of Hungarian Literary Translators held annual vocational convention

Jun 15, 2012 | Hungary

Tags: HungaryThe Association of Hungarian Literary Translators (MEGY) held its third annual Literary Translators’ Vocational Weekend between May 11th and 13th 2012, in picturesque Dobogókő, near Budapest. The get-together featured translators’ presentations and...