The Glass Translator – ‘Weltlesebühne’ celebrates International Translation Day in Germany and beyond

Sep 24, 2014 | Germany

Tags: GermanyOn the occasion of St Jerome’s Day (30 September), ‘Weltlesebühne’, an organisation founded by members of the German Literary Translators’ Association (VdÜ),  has arranged a series of events all over Germany. In cooperation with the Robert Bosch...

Symposium Literary Translators – Artists in commission (Berlin, 19 September 2014)

Sep 4, 2014 | Germany

Tags: GermanyTo mark the European Day of Languages, representatives of the Directorate-General for Translation of the European Commisson, together with the Association of German Translators of Literary and Scientific works (VdÜ) and Weltlesebühne are organising a...

Translating days in Düsseldorf (21–23 May 2014)

May 20, 2014 | Germany

Tags: GermanyFrom 21 to 23 May the Heinrich Heine-University in Düsseldorf in cooperation with the Kunststiftung NRW (Arts Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia) will organize Sprachwandeln – Düsseldorfer Tage zur Kunst des Übersetzens (‘Language Walking – The...

2014 Leipzig Book Fair Prize for Translation to Robin Detje

May 1, 2014 | Germany

Tags: GermanyThe 2014 Leipzig Book Fair Prize for translation has been awarded to  the author, translator, director and editor  Robin Detje for his translation of William T. Vollmanns’ opus magnum Europe Central. Detje’s German translation  of the English original...

Call for applications: Workshop for translators from German of children’s and young people’s literature (17-22 August 2014, Hamburg)

Apr 14, 2014 | Germany

Tags: GermanyOn 17-22 August 2014 the Robert Bosch Foundation and Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e.V. (Working Group for Youth Literature e.V) will host the fifth annual workshop on the translation of German literature for children and young people entitled ‘Kein...