Karl Dedecius Prize to translators Jakub Ekier und Bernhard Hartmann

Apr 14, 2013 | Germany, Poland

Tags: Germany, PolandThe 2013 Karl Dedecius Prize, two awards of €10,000 each, will go to Jakub Ekier and Bernhard Hartmann. The prizes are awarded annually by the Robert-Bosch-Foundation (Robert-Bosch-Stiftung) and the German Poland Institute (Deutsches Polen...

Remuneration negotiations in Germany abandoned by publishers

Apr 12, 2013 | Germany

Tags: GermanyAlthough remuneration negotiations by the German Association of Translators (VdÜ) with some hardcover publishers were very far advanced, the participating publishers announced to the association a few weeks ago that they will halt further negotiations...

German-Italian translation workshop ‘Viceversa’ (Looren, 6-13 February 2013)

Oct 30, 2012 | Germany, Italy

Tags: Germany, ItalyStrade is among the sponsors of the sixth German-Italian translation workshop ‘Viceversa’, which will take place between February 6th and 13th 2012 at Translation House Looren, Switzerland. The workshop is promoted by the ViceVersa Program...

TransStar – a multilateral project to train literary translators and cultural brokers

Oct 15, 2012 | Germany

Tags: GermanyJanuary 2013 will see the launch of TransStar, a project to train future literary translators and cultural brokers. The project, managed by the Department of Slavonic Studies of the University of Tübingen (Germany), includes participants from six European...

German translator fights publisher on Amazon

Oct 9, 2012 | Germany

Tags: GermanyTwo years ago, in August 2010, the German website of Amazon published a remarkable ‘customer review’ of Arturo Graf’s Satan, Beelzebub and Lucifer: The Devil in Art, published by Parkstone International / Kroemer (May 2009): ‘The text written by Arturo...