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Legal News from France, Poland and Italy

Legal News from France, Poland and Italy

Important and interesting agreements have been reached between on the one hand translators, other categories of authors and the other hand publishers in France, Poland and Italy. The scope of the agreements include the conditions of exploitation of the authors’ works and best practices […].

Irish Mentorships for German translators

Irish Mentorships for German translators

To foster a new generation of German-language literary translators who wish to acquire expertise in Irish literature and culture, Literature Ireland is pleased to announce two funded mentorships, offered to early career literary translators working from English to German. […]

Better basis of negotiation for Danish translators after new trade agreement

Better basis of negotiation for Danish translators after new trade agreement

The Danish Authors’ Society , of which the Danish Translators Association is a part, has reached a collective agreement with the Danish Publishers’ association on the implementation of the transparency part of the EU’s DSM directive. This agreement means that publishers will have a responsibility to be transparent about all of the economic aspects of authors’ contracts … The negotiations and settlement of the terms of the agreement are the first collective trade agreement in the Danish book sector for almost thirty years …