Literary Translation Days in Urbino, 2015

Oct 8, 2015 | Italy

Tags: ItalyNow an annual event, the Italian Association of Translators and Interpreters AITI will participate in the 13th Urbino Literary Translation Days. President Sandra Bertolini will participate in the opening address on Friday 9 October at 2pm. Speaking for...

International Translation Day in Mons, cultural capital of Europe 2015

Sep 28, 2015 | Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, France

Tags: Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, FranceIn 1991 FIT launched the idea of an officially recognised International Translation Day so that the worldwide translation community could show solidarity in promoting the translation profession in different countries....

Spanish Association ACE Traductores takes initiative to foster translators’ visibility on literary awards

Aug 22, 2015 | Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

Tags: Netherlands, Spain, United KingdomOn 7 July, we awoke to the breaking news that the UK’s leading international literary awards – the Man Booker International Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize – are to be merged into a single, annual prize that will...

General Terms and Conditions for translators of books in the Netherlands

Aug 12, 2015 | Netherlands

Tags: NetherlandsThe Dutch Vereniging van Letterkundigen (VvL, Society of Authors) has adopted General Terms and Conditions to be used by translators of books other than those able to negotiate the already existing model contract, which is based on a gentleman’s...

Hungarian literary translators’ weekend follows German model

May 20, 2015 | Hungary

Tags: HungaryThe Association of Hungarian Literary Translators (MEGY) organized its sixth annual weekend getaway at a hotel in the picturesque Pilis hills, as close to Budapest as to escape its bustle. Besides professional literary translators, beginners and students...

Translators featured at 22nd Budapest Book Festival

Apr 29, 2015 | Hungary

Tags: HungaryLiterary translators took a front seat at this year’s International Book Festival in Budapest, that took place from 23 to 26 April, as the book industry’s four-day festivities unfolded for the 22nd year running, in the spacious grounds of Millenáris Park...