Call for applications: Workshop for translators of German children’s and young people’s literature (23-28 August 2015, Hamburg)

Mar 26, 2015 | Austria, Germany, Switzerland

Tags: Austria, Germany, SwitzerlandFrom 23 to 28 August 2015 the Robert Bosch Foundation and Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e.V. (Working Group for Youth Literature e.V) will host the sixth annual workshop on the translation of German literature for children and...

2014 Tarabya Prizes for German – Turkish literary translations awarded

Dec 8, 2014 | Germany, Turkey

Tags: Germany, TurkeyDuring a festive ceremony at the German consulate in Istanbul on 1 December the Tarabya Translation Prizes for literary translations were presented. Gürsel Aytaç was honoured with the major translation prize. Ms Aytaç is the Turkish translator of...

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,...

Call for applications: International meeting for translators of German literature (Berlin / Leipzig, 8-15 March 2015)

Nov 5, 2014 | Germany

Tags: GermanyFrom 8-15 March 2015 the Robert Bosch Foundation and Literarisches Colloquium Berlin will host a seminar for professional translators of German literature. With financial support from the Goethe-Institut, S. Fischer Foundation, Traduki and the Pro...

Paul Celan Prize 2014 for translator Gerhard Meier

Oct 23, 2014 | Germany

Tags: GermanyOn 9 October the Paul Celan Prize 2014 was awarded to Gerhard Meier. Meier (b.1957) was honoured for his corpus of translations from French and Turkish into German. Works he has translated include novels by Amin Maalouf, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Murathan...