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Since 2007 Europäisches Übersetzer-Kollegium Straelen (EUK) has been organising seminars for well-known German-writing authors and their translators. The meetings offer the opportunity to discuss the author’s most recent book and the difficulties in translating them.
This year – the 40th anniversary of the EUK – the seminar will be dedicated to W.G Sebald (1944–2001) whose work is still widely translated, read and discussed. →
The Institut Ramon Llull offers a residency program in Catalonia for translators of Catalan literature (fiction, poetry, drama).
Candidates should live abroad and have signed a contract with a publishing house to translate the material they wish to work on during their stay.
Beneficiaries will be housed (free of charge) in an apartment on the campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), and will receive a stipend to cover living expenses. →
The Goethe Institut offers funded residencies to translators from German in Gut Siggen or Dresden-Hellerau (Germany). Preference is given to translators working on contemporary texts.
Translators can stay six to eight weeks and will receive a stipend of €1,500 plus food and travel costs.
Deadline for application: 28 February 2018.
For more details, please click here (https://www NULL.goethe NULL.de/de/uun/auf/lit/uss/bew NULL.html). →
Czech Centres (http://www NULL.czechcentres NULL.cz/) and the Czech Literary Centre traditionally invite young translators from Czech to compete in translating a chosen piece of contemporary literature. Try your luck with Bomba★Funk by Karel Veselý to win several days in the Czech Republic filled with seminars and other programmes. →
The program supports translations of canonical texts, contemporary key works in the humanities, social sciences and cultural studies from Eastern to Western European languages or vice versa, or between two Eastern European languages. Special emphasis is put on translations of relevant works written by East European authors and/or female scholars. No applications for works of fiction and poetry are being accepted. →
Translators from Czech are invited to visit the Czech Republic in the spring again. The Czech Literary Centre offers residential stays in Prague or Brno lasting up to 4 weeks. Translators in residence have a chance to meet their authors, get acquainted with the local culture and literature, and present their work at such prestigious venues as the Václav Havel Library. →
In co-operation with KulturKontakt Austria, the Austrian Federal Chancellery is offering 50 artists’ residencies in Austria (Vienna and Salzburg) for the year 2018.
Translators must have published at least two literary translations and are only eligible if they translate Austrian literature into a foreign language. The residency is designed to offer an opportunity to familiarise oneself with the Austrian art scene and cultural environment and to make contact with Austrian artists. →
The Institut Ramon Llull (http://www NULL.llull NULL.cat/catala/home/index NULL.cfm) has opened a call for grants for the international promotion and translation of Catalan literature and philosophical texts.
Applications for promotional activities focused on Catalan and Aranese literature should be sent in by 26 September 2017.
Information about conditions and the application procedure can be found here (http://www NULL.llull NULL.cat/english/subvencions/promocio_literatura_intro NULL.cfm). →
The project Prague – City of Literature has been offering residential stays for writers and translators since October 2015. There are six residencies available every year, each lasts two months. The residents are reimbursed for a return ticket, provided with free accommodation and receive a stipend of 600 euro per month. →
Founded by Daniel Hahn in 2010, the translation mentoring programme of Writer´s Centre Norwich aims to develop successive new cohorts of literary translators into English, particularly for languages whose literature is currently under-represented in English translation.
The scheme matches up experienced translators with emerging translators for a six-month period during which they work together on practical translation projects, developing their craft through working on a chosen text or texts. →
The Icelandic Literature Center and The Writers’ Union of Iceland offer residency grants (http://www NULL.islit NULL.is/en/grants/) for translators of Icelandic literature. Successful applicants will be granted residencies of two to four weeks in Gunnarshús (the writers’ residence in Reykjavík) in 2018, except for June-August.
Gunnarshús (white house in the middle)The grant includes travel expenses, housing and a sum of ISK 30.000 per week – to cover living expenses during the stay. →
The Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic has increased its support for the publication of Czech literature abroad. The terms of the new Support Programme allow for claims of up to 70% of the total cost of publishing . Within the application for a grant to publish the translation of a complete book, it is possible to ask for a
The newly founded Czech Literary Centre (http://www NULL.czechlit NULL.cz/en/) organises two- to four-week residencies for foreign writers, translators, critics and literary scholars who are interested in, and want to learn more about Czech literature and culture.
The aim of the residencies, in form of creative scholarships and without any age limit, is to support literature, creative dialogue and international cultural exchange. →
To celebrate the life and work of the translator, poet and academic, Edwin Morgan, Creative Scotland is funding two free places on the six week Text and Context course at the Scottish Universities’ International Summer School to two professional translators with an interest in twentieth-century and contemporary Scottish writing. This fellowship will foster collaboration between translators with the aim of promoting Scottish Literature, in particular, to an international audience. →
The program supports translations of canonical texts, contemporary key works in the humanities, social sciences and cultural studies from Eastern to Western European languages or vice versa, or between two Eastern European languages. Special emphasis is put on translations of relevant works written by East European authors and/or female scholars. No applications for works of fiction and poetry are being accepted. →
From 19-26 March 2017 the Robert Bosch Foundation and Literarisches Colloquium Berlin will host a seminar for professional translators of German literature. With financial support from the Goethe-Institut, S. Fischer Foundation, Traduki and the Pro Helvetia foundation, the seminar is open to 30 translators from all over the world.
The seminar will be held in Literarische Colloquium in Berlin (http://www NULL.lcb NULL.de/home/). →
On 22 October, during the 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair, members of the European network for the promotion of translations, who have met regularly since 2011, officially founded ENLIT, the European Network for Literary Translation.
The network aims to support the continued development of grant programmes, in order to generate greater interest and visibility for literature, both in the countries of origin and at an international level. →
The Institut Ramon Llull (http://www NULL.llull NULL.cat/catala/home/index NULL.cfm) has opened the second call for grants to promote Catalan literature internationally in the following fields:
Translation of literature and philosophy
These grants are available to anyone who is planning to translate works of Catalan literature (fiction, poetry, theatre and graphic novels) and philosophy into other languages during the year the application process takes place or the following year. →
The Cultural Department of the Canton of Valais in Switzerland has two residencies available in Rarogne for professional literary translators from Switzerland or elsewhere. During the residency the translator will work on a literary text written by an author from Valais or the Alpine arc, or a text that is related thematically to the Alps. →
From 4 to 9 September 2016 the Robert Bosch Foundation and Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e.V. (Working Group for Youth Literature e.V) will host the seventh annual workshop on the translation of German literature for children and young people entitled ‘Kein Kinderspiel!’
The five-day workshop offers 15 translators the opportunity to tackle specific problems of the genre and discuss current trends. →