Two translation slams at Festivaletteratura (9-13 September, Italy)

Aug 7, 2015 | Italy

Tags: ItalyThe 19th Festivaletteratura, Italy’s most important literary festival, will be held from 9 to 13 September in Mantova (Mantua). As usual, this year’s programme features two translation slams. The first slam on Thursday 10 September at 5.30 pm (event no. 45)...

‘Translation, Everywhere’ Photo Contest

Jul 30, 2015 | World

Tags: WorldLiterary translators don’t exist. That’s what you’d often think from looking at the press, book reviews, book covers… You’d think books are magically written in all sorts of languages at the drop of a hat. Shakespeare wrote his sonnets in English, but...

Tenth anniversary of Translation House Looren marked with literature and music

Jul 30, 2015 | Switzerland

Tags: SwitzerlandSince 2005, Translation House Looren in Switzerland has been hosting literary translators, organising workshops in literary translation, and providing readings for the general public. To mark its 10th anniversary, actors Claudia Carigiet and Jürg...

Translators’ house in Seneffe celebrates its 20th anniversary (Belgium, 29 August 2015)

Jul 24, 2015 | Belgium

Tags: BelgiumThis year the Collège européen des traducteurs littéraires de Seneffe (CTLS) in Belgium celebrates its twentieth anniversary of hosting literary translators from all over the world with a special programme, consisting of a round table discussion and an...

Translation slam with Clarissa Botsford and Frederika Randall on text by Giuseppe Lupo (Marsilio) (Milan, 5 June 2015)

May 28, 2015 | Italy

Tags: ItalyOn the occasion of the annual assembly of CEATL, the Italian translators associations AITI and STradE will organise a translation slam from Italian to English based on an unpublished text by Giuseppe Lupo (Marsilio). Contenders in this public event will be...

AutoreInvisibile: program on translation at Turin International Book Fair (14-17 May 2015)

May 13, 2015 | Italy

Tags: ItalyFor the 15th consecutive year, the Turin International Book Fair is  organising a number of activities of special interest to translators under the title of AutoreInvisibile. From Thursday 14 May to Sunday 17 May 2015, translators, publishers and writers...