CEATL AGM held in Milan 3-6 June 2015
The Annual General Assembly of CEATL’s national representatives, organised by the Italian associations STradE and A.I.T.I., was held in Milan between 3-6 June. […]
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Brockway Prize to Dutch – German translator Ard Posthuma
The Brockway Prize, a biennial prize for poetry translations from the Dutch, has been awarded to Ard Posthuma. The prize was established by the Dutch Foundation for Literature and is worth 5,000 euro. It will be presented on 12 June during the Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam.
Literary translator Ard Posthuma (b. 1942) attended universities in Lausanne, Munich and Basel before embarking on a career as editor and lecturer. Since 1989 he has translated Dutch, Frisian and Flemish poetry into German, with publications including anthologies of the work of Martinus Nijhoff, Cees Nooteboom, Gerrit Kouwenaar, Leonard Nolens and Tsjêbbe Hettinga. His translations ‘in the other direction’, of work by authors including Ingo Schulz and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Faust), have also been highly praised. […]
New award for stimulating translation between the north and the south of the Mediterranean
With the aim of contributing to strengthening translation movement between the countries on the north shore and those on the south shore of the Mediterranean, the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), King Abdulaziz Foundation for Human Sciences and Islamic Studies (Casablanca, Morocco), ‘MED 21 Programme – Network Awards for promotion of Excellence and Cooperation in the Mediterranean’, the School of Translators of Toledo (Spain), and the City Council of Cremona (Italy) have agreed to create a translation award entitled the Gerardo de Cremona Award for the Promotion of Translation in the Mediterranean. [,…]
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. […]
Translators from Italian into another language may also participate as observers. […]
Guide book of grants for translation of fiction and non-fiction now available
BooksinItaly, a portal on Italian publishing, has launched a new initiative: Premi e incentivi alle traduzioni 2015.
This guide book, edited by the Italian Publishers’ Association and the magazine Il Giornale della Libreria, presents a complete overview of grants offered by 29 European (and 11 non-European) institutions for the translation of fiction and non-fiction. […]
Translation slam with Clarissa Botsford and Frederika Randall on text by Giuseppe Lupo (Marsilio) (Milan, 5 June 2015)
On the occasion of the annual assembly of CEATL, the Italian translators associations AITI and STradE will organise a translation slam from Italian to English based on an unpublished text by Giuseppe Lupo (Marsilio). Contenders in this public event will be Clarissa Botsford and Frederika Randall, moderated by translator and CEATL board member Shaun Whiteside. […]
The 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize to Jenny Erpenbeck and Susan Bernofsky
The 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize has been awarded to Jenny Erpenbeck and Susan Bernofsky for The End of Days, the first translation from German to win since 2002. The prize of £10,000 is shared equally between author and translator, acknowledging the excellence of both. In her acceptance speech Jenny Erpenbeck said of Bernofsky’s translation, ‘They’re her words, and it’s still my book.’ Boyd Tonkin, the chair of judges, commented, ‘This is a novel to enjoy, to cherish and to revisit many times.’ […]
Man Booker International Prize to Hungarian writer Krasznahorkai and his translators Szirtes and Mulzet
The International Man Booker Prize has been awarded, in a ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum, to the Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, the first non-anglophone author to win since Ismail Kadaré in 2005. The prize, worth £60,000, is awarded not for a single work but for a lifelong contribution to literature. The translators’ prize of £15,000 will be shared between Krasznahorkai’s translators, George Szirtes and Ottilie Mulzet. Comparing him to Kafka and Beckett, the chair of the judges, Marina Warner, described Krasznahorkai as ‘a visionary of extraordinary intensity and vocal range who captures the texture of present day existence in scenes that are terrifying, strange, appallingly comic, and often shatteringly beautiful’, adding that he had ‘been superbly served by his translators’. […]
PRESS RELEASE on the European Commission’s strategy for a Digital Single Market
Representing more than 10,000 literary translators in 29 European countries, CEATL (Conseil européen des associations de traducteurs littéraires) has read with interest the communication published by the European Commission on May 6th 2015 regarding its strategy for a Digital Single Market. CEATL welcomes the fact that the Commission acknowledges the economic and cultural importance of copyright and the necessity to enforce it better via an improved follow-the-money strategy against internet piracy.
CEATL would like to stress, however, that copyright as such does not have a direct bearing on the development of the Digital Single Market. On the other hand, limiting copyright, broadening exceptions and rashly harmonising nationally distinct but pragmatically meaningful copyright frameworks will risk destroying the very infrastructure that is capable of supplying future markets with digital content. […]
Hungarian literary translators’ weekend follows German model
The Association of Hungarian Literary Translators (MEGY) organized its sixth annual weekend getaway at a hotel in the picturesque Pilis hills, as close to Budapest as to escape its bustle. Besides professional literary translators, beginners and students as well as amateur translators took part in the programme.
Between Friday and Sunday, lectures, seminars and debates covered a wide range of translation topics including special issues related to song lyrics, theatre dialogues, children’s and young adult fiction, teaching literary translation, presenting good practices, while workshop activities focused on specific texts. One translator with decades of publishing editor’s experience held a presentation on how to recommend our favourite books to a publisher. Keeping in mind the ergonomic side of translation work, a colleague and trained instructor initiated participants in relaxation and yoga. […]
AutoreInvisibile: program on translation at Turin International Book Fair (14-17 May 2015)
For the 15th consecutive year, the Turin International Book Fair is organising a number of activities of special interest to translators under the title of AutoreInvisibile.
From Thursday 14 May to Sunday 17 May 2015, translators, publishers and writers will participate in seminars and discussions to analyse present issues and the future outlook for the literary translation professions, including the significant changes taking place in the publishing industry since the advent of digital technology, new translations of classic books and translations editing. […]
Translators featured at 22nd Budapest Book Festival
Literary translators took a front seat at this year’s International Book Festival in Budapest [link], that took place from 23 to 26 April, as the book industry’s four-day festivities unfolded for the 22nd year running, in the spacious grounds of Millenáris Park in the heart of the city. This is the second year that Hungarian translators are making their presence felt at major literary events, much to everyone’s satisfaction. […]