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...

Round table on Spanish translations of Basque literature (Madrid, 6 June 2014)

Jun 17, 2014 | Basque Country

Tags: Basque CountryOn 6 June the Etxepare Basque Institute organised a round table with the title ‘Writing in Basque, publishing in Spanish’, which was held during the Madrid Book Fair and organized in collaboration with the Editors Guild of Euskadi. Participants...