May 24, 2016 | Italy
On 3rd April 2016 a groundbreaking document was signed between ODEI (the Italian Observatory of Independent Publishers), STRADE (the Italian Union of Translators working in the publishing industry), and the SLC-CGIL (Italian Union of Communication Workers, which STRADE is joining to represent translators). These associations signed a code of practice for a fair relationship between publishers and translators. The code provides a series of guidelines: ‘Five Points for a Fair, Legal and Transparent Translation Contract’. […]
May 15, 2023 | Audiovisual translation, AVTE, MoU
Audio-visual translators and literary translators in Europe are strengthening cooperation and mutual relationship with the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between Audio-visual Translators Europe (AVTE) and CEATL.
Nov 24, 2016 | Portugal
The APT (Associação Portuguesa de Tradutores) and the SPA (Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores) had the honour of awarding the Grand Prize for Literary Translation 2016 at a ceremony on 10th November 2016. […]
Jan 19, 2019 | Denmark
Today at 19:00 (CET) the documentary Dreaming Murakami has its global streaming premiere. The movie follows Danish Murakami-translator Mette Holm in her quest for the perfect translation of the Japanese author’s debut novel Hear the Wind Sing, and gives a rare view into the creative process of the literary translator. […]
Oct 30, 2012 | Germany, Italy
German-Italian translation workshop ‘Viceversa’ (Looren, 6-13 February 2013) .
Sep 26, 2017 | Germany
German St-Jerome’s-Week – German ‘St Jerome’s Week ‘ – started in Hamburg on the evening of 25 September, when a therapy group of anonymous translators outed themselves as addicted to lobster, beauty, blood, music and bananas in the Hamburg Nachtasyl, by reading short passages from their translations.
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Oct 9, 2012 | Germany
German translator fights publisher on Amazon.
Jan 24, 2022 | Germany, Goethe-Institut, Spain
Acción Cultural Española and the Goethe-Institut Madrid organize a residency with the aim of facilitating the creation of collaboration networks, promoting the dissemination of the works of Spanish creators or those residing in our country […]
Mar 6, 2024 | AI, Austria, Europe, Europe; European Union;, Germany, Open letter, Switzerland
Tags: AI, Austria, Europe, Europe; European Union;, Germany, Open letter, Switzerland The three German-language translators’ organisations IGÜ (Austria), A*dS (Switzerland) […]
Apr 28, 2011 | Germany
The details of the German Federal Court verdict on the remuneration of translators have been made available.
Jun 13, 2011 | Germany
The German Eugen-Helmlé Translation Prize 2011 is awarded to Holger Fock and Sabine Müller.
Dec 3, 2013 | Germany
German Constitutional Court rejects appeal of Hanser Publishing House.
