Call for application: Paul Celan fellowships for translators 2018/2019 (deadline: 18 March 2018)

Dec 28, 2017 | Austria

Tags: AustriaThe 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...

Call for applications: Residential program in Prague and Brno

Sep 30, 2017 | Czech Republic

Tags: Czech RepublicTranslators 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...

Open call: Artists’ Residencies in Austria (Deadline 18 September 2017)

Aug 21, 2017 | Austria

Tags: AustriaIn 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...

Call for applications: grants for the translation and international promotion of Catalan literary and philosophical texts

Aug 3, 2017 | Catalonia

Tags: CataloniaThe Institut Ramon Llull 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...

Call for applications: Residency programme of Prague City of Literature in 2018 (deadline: 31 August 2017)

Jul 26, 2017 | Czech Republic

Tags: Czech RepublicThe 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,...

Emerging Translator Mentorships (deadline: 28 July 2017)

Jul 20, 2017 | United Kingdom

Tags: United KingdomFounded 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...