Training and education

Emerging Translator Mentorships (deadline: 28 July 2017)

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. →

European School of Literary translation starts off with summer school: Training the teacher of literary translation (Rome, 12-15 September 2017)

The newly founded European School of Literary Translation (ESLT) aims to support professional literary translation by creating a sustainable pan-European infrastructure for the education of literary translation teachers. ESLT will contribute to enhancing the quality of literary translations and, consequently, to the promotion of European cultural and literary diversity and the European ideal of a shared European culture. →

Call for applications: Translating literature for children and young adults (Lavigny, Switzerland; deadline: 2 July, 2017)

The Centre de Traduction Littéraire will be running the ninth themed workshop for literary translators at Château de Lavigny (http://www NULL.chateaudelavigny NULL.ch/), Switzerland, from 21 to 24 September 2017. This year’s theme will be translating literature for children and young-adults.

Five translators into French and five translators into German (from any source language) will have the opportunity to come together over three days to work on texts aimed at young readers. →

Call for application: International Literary Translation and Creative Writing Summer School British Centre for Literary Translation (Norwich; deadline: 14 May 2017)

Applications are open for Summer School 2017, run by the British Centre for Literary Translation in partnership with Writers’ Centre Norwich. The Summer School (23-29 July 2017) will bring together writers and translators for an intensive, one-week, residential programme of hands-on translation and creative writing practice. The programme will include creative writing sessions designed for literary translators, as well as lectures and readings. →

Call for application: Workshop for translators of German children’s and young people’s literature (deadline: 2 May 2017)

From 13 to 19 August 2017 the Robert Bosch Foundation and Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e.V. (Working Group for Youth Literature e.V.) will host the eighth annual workshop on the translation of German literature for children and young people entitled ‘Kein Kinderspiel!’

The five-day workshop in Hamburg, Germany offers 15 translators the opportunity to tackle specific problems of the genre and discuss current trends. →

Call for application: Fifth Edition of workshop on literary translation in Fosdinovo, Italy (deadline: 30 April 2017)

From 16 to 18 July 2017, the Castello Malaspina in Fosdinovo, Tuscany, will host the fifth annual workshop for professional literary translators.

This three-day workshop offers translators from Japanese, Danish and English the opportunity to tackle specific problems of their craft and to discuss current trends. Above all, the workshop aims to be a space for encounters, inspiration and the exchange of ideas. →

Call for applications: ‘Translate at City’ summer school (London, 26 June – 1 July 2017)

From 26 June until 1 July 2017, City, University of London, in conjunction with the Translators Association of the Society of Authors, will organise the fourth literary translation summer school, ‘Translate at City’.

The summer school offers the opportunity to translate texts across the literary genres into English, working with leading professional translators. →

Italian associations launch ‘Table of Translators’

On 20 January 2017 a new initiative called TableT – The Table of Translators was launched in Milan, at Laboratorio Formentini (http://www NULL.laboratorioformentini NULL.it/), by translators’ associations AITI (http://www NULL.aiti NULL.org/) and STradE (http://www NULL.traduttoristrade NULL.it/). The tables, open to all translators, cover three different areas – from all languages into Italian, from a specific language into and out of Italian and tables with different themes. →

PETRA-E European network for education and training of literary translators welcomes new members

On 1 January 2017 nine European organisations (British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT (http://www NULL.bclt NULL.org NULL.uk/)), European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations (CEATL), Deutscher Übersetzerfonds (http://www NULL.uebersetzerfonds NULL.de/), Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE (https://www NULL.elte NULL.hu/en/)), Expertisecentrum Literair Vertalen (ELV (http://literairvertalen NULL.org/)), Fondazione Universitaria San Pellegrino (FUSP (http://www NULL.fusp NULL.it/en)), University of Leuven (http://www NULL.kuleuven NULL.be/english/), Nederlandse Taalunie (http://over NULL.taalunie NULL.org/dutch-language-union), Utrecht University (https://www NULL.uu NULL.nl/en)) officially launched the PETRA-E Network for the Education and Training of Literary Translators. →

Basque translation workshop resulted in two digital publications

From 20 to 22 June 2016, the Basque translators’ association EIZIE (http://www NULL.eizie NULL.eus/) organised the ‘Translating Exile’ workshop in Donostia/San Sebastian. Six translators participated in the workshop, which was part of the New Translators’ (http://www NULL.eizie NULL.eus/en/Jarduerak/itzultzaile_berriak) programme (for a European audience). Their work has led to two digital publications, produced by EIZIE. →

The PETRA-E Project continues as the PETRA-E Network

On 26 August, the final meeting of the PETRA-E Project was held in the Collège Européen des Traducteurs Littéraires de Seneffe. The Framework of Reference, now available in eight languages (Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish and Bulgarian – Portuguese to follow soon), was officially presented to Konrad Fuhrmann, a representative of the European Commission. →

The PETRA-E(ducation) Framework for Literary Translation has been launched

The PETRA-E(ducation) Framework for Literary Translation, which maps out a literary translator’s competencies, has been completed.

The Framework addresses the recommendations highlighted during the initial PETRA 2011 conference on the teaching of literary translation in Europe. The PETRA 2011 conference recommended the development of a learning framework which can be used to develop the education of literary translators, and also to create opportunities for collaboration and exchange between schools and universities teaching literary translation. →

Translators’ atelier in Sofia (3-5 June 2016)

The Bulgarian Translators’ Union (http://www NULL.bgtranslators NULL.org) and the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation for Creative Writing (http://www NULL.ekf NULL.bg) announce the launch of their ‘Translators’ Atelier’ for the sixth consecutive year. The project is aimed at literary translators who are still at an early stage in their professional development, but who are interested in translating literature from English to Bulgarian and from Bulgarian to English. →

Summer school in audiovisual translation (London, 4-29 July 2016)

The Centre for Translation Studies of University College London will organise a summer school in audiovisual translation. This intensive course, which takes place from 4 to 29 July 2016, provides a theoretical framework for translators and researchers in the area of AVT as well as hands-on training with professional software and audiovisual material taken from different authentic contexts. →

Call for applications: Workshop on Italian literary language for translators (17-19 July 2016, Fosdinovo Castle, Tuscany, Italy)

From 17 to 19 July 2016 the Castello Malaspina in Fosdinovo, Tuscany, will host the fourth annual workshop for literary translators.

The three-day workshop offers 40 translators (divided in 2 groups) the opportunity to tackle specific problems of Italian literary language and to discuss current trends. Above all, the workshop aims to be a centre for encounters, inspiration and the exchange of ideas. →

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

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. →

Translate in the City: Literary summer school in London (11-15 July 2016)

Translate in the City is the third literary translation summer school to be held at City University London between 11 and 15 July. It offers the opportunity to translate texts across the literary genres into English, working with leading professional translators. Groups will be limited to a maximum of 20 students to allow for individual attention, and places will be allocated on a strictly ‘first come, first served’ basis. →

Hungarian Association organises its annual literary translation weekend (20-22 May 2016, Dobogókő)

The Hungarian Association (http://www NULL.muforditok NULL.hu/) of Literary Translators is hosting its annual vocational weekend on 20-22 May 2016, in scenic Dobogókő, a popular hilltop tourist resort, 50 kilometers from Budapest. This literary translators’ weekend has been going for seven years, and brings together professionals and amateurs, beginners and veterans, and all who are interested in learning the secrets of the literary translator’s trade. →

Call for papers: Creativity in Translation/Interpretation and Interpreter/Translator Training (deadline: 15 December 2015)

On 5-6 May a two-day conference will be held in Naples (Italy) on the topic of creativity in translation / interpretation and interpreter / translator training.

The conference will be organised by the Università Suor Orsola Benincasa (Naples, Italy) in collaboration with KU Leuven, Belgium, and the University of Western Brittany, Brest, France with the support of Assointerpreti and the Università di Salerno and the participation of Yıldız Technical University (Istanbul, Turkey). →

Literary translation workshops for professional translators from English, French, German and Russian into Italian (Fosdinovo, 19-21 July 2015)

From 19-21 July 2015 the third event in the ‘Traduttori in Movimento’ series will take place in Fosdinovo Castle in Italy. The programme offers workshops for translators from English, French, German and Russian into Italian.

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Translators from Italian into another language may also participate as observers. →

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