Basque translation workshop resulted in two digital publications
Tags: Basque CountryFrom 20 to 22 June 2016, the Basque translators’ association EIZIE organised the ‘Translating Exile’ workshop in Donostia/San Sebastian. Six translators participated in the workshop, which was part of the New Translators’ programme (for a...
Latest from Ireland: Literary correspondent receives award from translators and publishing house receives major funding for translations
Tags: IrelandThe Irish Translators’ and Interpreters’ Association (ITIA) awarded honorary membership to Eileen Battersby, literary correspondent of the Irish Times, at the Irish Writers’ Centre on Friday 2 December. Ms Battersby was recognised for her championing of...
Slovenian Jerman prize goes to Alenka Mercina
Tags: SloveniaThe German > Slovenian translator Alenka Mercina won the second edition of the Jerman prize (which is awarded for the translation of a work in the humanities and social sciences) for Govorica tretjega rajha: Filologova beležnica, her translation of...
The 2016 Sovre Prize goes to the Russian > Slovenian translator Lijana Dejak
Tags: SloveniaThe Slovenian Association of Literary Translators has awarded the 2016 Sovre Prize to the famous Slovenian translator Lijana Dejak for her translation of the novel Laurus by the Russian author Jevgenij Vodolazkin. The translation was published by...