European Network for Literary Translation (ENLIT) launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Oct 30, 2016 | Europe

Tags: EuropeOn 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...

Second call for applications: grants for the international promotion of Catalan literature

Aug 8, 2016 | Catalonia

Tags: CataloniaThe Institut Ramon Llull 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...

Call for applications: Workshop for translators of German children’s and young people’s literature (4-9 September 2016, Hamburg)

Mar 25, 2016 | Germany

Tags: GermanyFrom 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...

Residencies for translators in Prague (deadline for application: 29 February 2016)

Feb 23, 2016 | Czech Republic

Tags: Czech RepublicThanks to the title of UNESCO Creative City of Literature Prague was able to start a residency program for authors and translators. In 2016 the two months residencies are available in the following periods: July – August; September – October;...

Translating Books – Building Bridges: Six grants for literary translators from German (Application deadline: 15 February 2016)

Feb 12, 2016 | Germany

Tags: GermanyThe European Translators Residence Programme of the German Goethe Institut, in cooperation with the Alfred Töpfer Foundation and the Saxonian Culture Foundation, is offering a working grant in Germany for  professional translators of fiction or lyric...

Call for applications for 2016 Banff International Literary Translation Centre (Alberta, Canada; application deadline: 10 February 2016)

Jan 9, 2016 | World

Tags: WorldThe Banff International Literary Translation Centre hosts one translation student from each of the founding countries – Canada, Mexico, and the United States – and 15 literary translators, either from the Americas translating literature from...