Schwob.nl becomes an international network with EU support

Mar 5, 2013 | Europe, Netherlands

Tags: Europe, NetherlandsThe European Union announced today that a subsidy of €200,000, the maximum, has been granted to the Schwob.nl project to enable it to expand into an international network, a European portal for the best unknown books of world literature. The...

CEATL works on a second edition of the survey on working conditions

Feb 1, 2013 | Europe

Tags: EuropeIn December 2008 CEATL published an initial survey on the financial and economic situation of literary translators in Europe. The study, the first to present comparative data on the working conditions of translators, turned out to be a valuable source of...

PETRA Recommendations published

Oct 23, 2012 | Europe

Tags: EuropeFrom 1 to 3 December 2011 almost 70 organisations, all active in the field of literary translation, gathered in Brussels for the first PETRA congress. These organisations, based in 34 European countries (EU member states and neighbouring countries),...

Results of survey on university curricula for literary translators have been published

Oct 21, 2012 | Europe

Tags: EuropeIn 2009 CEATL formed a working group on the ‘education of literary translators’. Its aim was to collect data on the education of literary translators, on a national and a European level, and to make these available to everyone interested. The working group...

CEATL’s ‘Spot the Translator’ video contest winners

Sep 30, 2012 | Europe

Tags: EuropeCEATL asked video artists to help make literary translators visible and organized the first Spot The Translator, an international contest, encouraging video artists to create sparky and clever short films reflecting the existence and importance of literary...