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CEATL sends letter to Turkish authorities demanding release of Turkish translator Necmiye Alpay

Babel Bookshops, new Spanish campaign for the visibility of translators

On 29, 30 September and 1 October 2016, at several bookshops in different Spanish cities, ACE Traductores celebrated the first gatherings of a new campaign to promote the collaboration of booksellers and translators: Librerías de Babel. The aim of the campaign is to improve the visibility of translators among the readership. […]

Gerardo de Cremona International Translation Award 2016

Gerardo de Cremona International Translation Award 2016

The Spanish association ACE Traductores has been awarded the 2016 Gerardo de Cremona International Award within the category Institutions from the Northern Shore. For the Southern Shore, the prize has gone to the National Centre for Translation in Egypt. Also, the translators Kadhim Jihad, from Iraq, and Francesca Maria Corrao, from Italy, are the respective winners from the Southern and Northern Shore in the category for individuals. […]

CEATL sends letter to Turkish authorities demanding release of Turkish translator Necmiye Alpay

French authors issue twelve proposals for a European policy for the book sector

French authors, as represented by the Permanent Council of Writers (CPE), have drawn up twelve proposals addressed to European policy makers. Their aim is to ensure that authors continue to enjoy freedom of expression and provide Europe’s biggest cultural industry with high-quality works so that European literature maintains its worldwide impact. […]

PEN International’s ‘Quebec Declaration on Literary Translation and Translators’ now available in more than twenty languages

PEN International’s ‘Quebec Declaration on Literary Translation and Translators’ now available in more than twenty languages

On 15 October 2015 PEN International adopted the Quebec Declaration on Literary Translation and Translators.

The text contains a six-point summary of the principles and objectives that PEN International intends to promote in the area of literary translation. These principles include the importance of translation in promoting the dignity of all cultures and languages, the need to draw attention to the conditions required in order to engage in this activity and, above all, the importance of defending the people who make communication possible – literary translators. […]

CEATL sends letter to Turkish authorities demanding release of Turkish translator Necmiye Alpay

Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize for 2016 for the translation of non-fiction literature awarded to Oda Myran Winsnes

Oda Myran Winsnes has been awarded the Norwegian Booksellers’ Prize for 2016 for her Norwegian translation of Samar Yazbek’s The Crossing: My Journey to the Shattered Heart of Syria. The prize, which is awarded each year by the Norwegian Booksellers’ Association and the Norwegian Non-fiction Writers and Translators Association (NFF), goes to a newly established translator of non-fiction who has produced a high quality translation of a new work of non-fiction literature. Oda Myran Winsnes was awarded the prize and a cheque for NOK 50,000 (EUR 6,250) at this year’s International Translation Day celebrations in Oslo on 29 September 2016. […]

NORLA’s Translator’s Award 2016 goes to Nargis Shinkarenko

NORLA’s Translator’s Award 2016 goes to Nargis Shinkarenko

The Russian translator Nargis Shinkarenko is the recipient of NORLA’s 2016 Translator’s Award for her translations of non-fiction literature from Norwegian into Russian. The announcement was made on 29 September in Oslo, during the celebration of International Translation Day and the feast of St. Jerome. The award, now in its 11th year, is given annually and on an alternating basis to talented translators of fiction and non-fiction and is intended as a measure to encourage the promotion of Norwegian literature. […]

NORLA’s Translator’s Award 2016 goes to Nargis Shinkarenko

Bastian translation awards for Kristina Solum and Stian Omland

During International Translation Day celebrations in Oslo on 29 September 2016, the Bastian Prize for Outstanding Literary Translation, the Norwegian Association of Literary Translators’ (Norsk Oversetterforening) annual translation prize, was awarded to Kristina Solum for her translation of Roberto Bolano’s 2666. […]

CEATL sends letter to Turkish authorities demanding release of Turkish translator Necmiye Alpay

Freedom of expression and refugees are the main themes at International Translation Day in Turkey (Istanbul, 30 September 2016)

On the occasion of International Translation Day, the Turkish Translators’ Association (ÇEVBİR), in cooperation with Translation and Interpreting Association Turkey (Çeviri Derneği) and the Association of Publishers in Turkey (YAYBİR) will organise a meeting on 30 September in Istanbul.

The first part of the program will revolve around the short film Çevirmen / The translator. This award winning film is set in the province of Antakya, at the Turkish-Syrian border. […]