Europe celebrates International Translation Day

Europe celebrates International Translation Day

Tags: Bulgaria, Catalonia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Europe, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, United KingdomOn 24 May 2017, the United Nations General Assembyl recognised 30 September as International...
Europe celebrates International Translation Day

Macron: we owe translators a lot

Tags: FranceAt the recent Frankfurt Book Fair, the French president Emmanuel Macron paid homage to the translator’s profession, and announced the creation of a “real” prize in France for translation into French (Note: a number of well regarded translation prizes...
French translators sent open letter to juries of literary prizes

French translators sent open letter to juries of literary prizes

Tags: FranceThe Association of Literary Ttranslators of France (ATLF) has noticed many times that the names of the translators of award winning foreign books weren’t mentioned in press releases issued by the juries. A negation of their work. To protest against this...