Translation Slams organised by ATLF at the America Festival (13-14 September 2014)

Oct 3, 2014 | France

Tags: FranceFollowing on from the example of STRADE  at Mantua, ATLF organised two translation slams as part of the America festival at Vincennes. A first in France. The idea is: several  weeks in advance, two translators are sent a few pages of an unpublished text by...

The Glass Translator – ‘Weltlesebühne’ celebrates International Translation Day in Germany and beyond

Sep 24, 2014 | Germany

Tags: GermanyOn the occasion of St Jerome’s Day (30 September), ‘Weltlesebühne’, an organisation founded by members of the German Literary Translators’ Association (VdÜ),  has arranged a series of events all over Germany. In cooperation with the Robert Bosch...

Fifth International Translation Day symposium in London (26 September 2014)

Sep 5, 2014 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomOn Friday 26 September the British Library will host the Fifth International Translation Day symposium. The all-day annual event is an opportunity for translators, students, publishers, booksellers, librarians, bloggers and reviewers to gather and...

Symposium Literary Translators – Artists in commission (Berlin, 19 September 2014)

Sep 4, 2014 | Germany

Tags: GermanyTo mark the European Day of Languages, representatives of the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commisson, together with the Association of German Translators of Literary and Scientific works (VdÜ) and Weltlesebühne are organising a...

Translation slams at Italian Festivaletteratura (Mantova, 3-7 September 2014)

Aug 25, 2014 | Italy

Tags: ItalyThe 18th Festivaletteratura, Italy’s most important literary festival, will be held from 3-7 September in Mantova (Mantua). This year’s programme features two translation slams. The first, on Thursday 4 September at 10h30 (event no. 15), will see Matteo...

Pessoa-loving publisher turns ‘Book of Disquiet’ into a bestseller and honours its Norwegian translator

Jul 3, 2014 | Norway

Tags: NorwayIn Oslo this spring, publishing editor Christian Kjelstrup set up a bookshop for one week, selling only one book, the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa’s Uroens bok (The Book of Disquiet). The shop was named after the book and Uroens bokhandel (‘The...