CEATL and Amazon discussed AmazonCrossing’s translation license agreement at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Nov 13, 2014 | Europe, France, Germany, Italy

Tags: Europe, France, Germany, ItalyPRESS RELEASE [pdf] In response to the points raised by CEATL and its members regarding AmazonCrossing’s approach to European literary translators and the translation license agreements it originally proposed, AmazonCrossing,...

Translation Slams organised by ATLF at the America Festival (13-14 September 2014)

Oct 3, 2014 | France

Tags: FranceFollowing on from the example of STRADE  at Mantua, ATLF organised two translation slams as part of the America festival at Vincennes. A first in France. The idea is: several  weeks in advance, two translators are sent a few pages of an unpublished text by...

Open letter from Association of Literary Translators in France to AmazonCrossing

Jun 6, 2014 | France

Tags: FranceThis is an open letter from our member association ATLF.   Paris, May 13, 2014   Open letter to Dean Burnett Senior Manager, Literary Translation Programme AmazonCrossing   Dear Mr. Burnett, AmazonCrossing recently approached members of the...

Symposium on ‘Orality, Sounds and Sensations in the Translation of Poetry’ (17-18 October 2014, Paris)

Mar 27, 2014 | France

Tags: FranceOn 17-18 October 2014 the Centre for Research in Translation and Cultural Communication English-French and French-English will hold a symposium on ‘Orality, Sounds and Sensations in the Translation of Poetry’. Proposals (a half-page summary in English or...

Traduire l’Europe: Festival on European literature and translation (15-25 March 2014, Strasbourg)

Mar 21, 2014 | France

Tags: FranceFrom 15-25 March 2014 Strasbourg hosts a festival on European literature and translation. In cooperation with the Association Capitale Européenne des Littératures (ACEL) and the University of Strasbourg a number of authors and literary translators from...