Schwob sets up English website on the world’s best unknown books

Oct 2, 2013 | Catalonia, Finland, France, Netherlands, Poland, Wales, World

Tags: Catalonia, Finland, France, Netherlands, Poland, Wales, WorldSchwob, an initiative to publicize largely untranslated modern classics, cult books and must-reads from all over the world, recently launched its English website: en.schwob-books.eu. The site is part...

Residence for translators of French literature in Bordeaux

Jul 20, 2012 | France

Tags: FranceÉCLA Aquitaine offers a one-month residence to translators of French literature. The residence in Bordeaux is scheduled for December 2012. The translators in residence will receive a grant of 1,500 Euro. Applications should be sent in by 4 September 2012....

Workshops for Young French and German Literary Translators in Berlin

Feb 8, 2012 | France, Germany

Tags: France, GermanyPassage & Co. is holding a workshop on literary translation for young translators who are native speakers of French or German. The workshop will take place in Berlin from 31 July – 4 August 2012. The program will include professional meetings...

The Centre National du Livre français embarks on a project for a literary translation school

Feb 4, 2012 | France

Tags: FranceTo satisfy the desire shared between French publishers and translators to train new generations of professional translators, particularly in the so-called ‘minority’ languages, and following the report commissioned from Pierre Assouline on The Condition of...

Translators at the Salon du Livre, Paris

Mar 16, 2011 | France

Tags: FranceTwo major events at the Salon du Livre in Paris (Porte de Versailles). At the opening of the Salon on 17 March, and organised by the Salon itself, a series of ‘Translation Encounters’ will be held: five debates will take place throughout the whole of the...