Over 70 Translated Books Given to Parliament and the Government to Shake Up Italian Politics

Dec 17, 2020 | Italy

Tags: ItalyA delegation from Strade, Italian member-association of CEATL, delivered to the Senate building in Rome over 70 books in translation for just as many Italian politicians on December 15, 2020. Along with the books was an open letter to the President of the...

Famous first lines read online by translators from all over the world

Nov 23, 2020 | Argentina, Colombia, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland

Tags: Argentina, Colombia, Italy, Mexico, SwitzerlandTranslators associations from all over the world are holding a multilingual reading of famous first lines as part of the online edition of the 37th Assises de la traduction littéraire. The reading takes place on...

Advocacy effort leads to emergency support and official recognition for Italian translators

Oct 28, 2020 | Italy

Tags: ItalyA petition to the Italian government launched in April by CEATL member Strade, together with the translators’ associations AITI and ANITI and the illustrators’ association AI – Autori di Immagini, has achieved landmark results. On 16 October, the Italian...

They work hard, but earn little: freelancers in the Italian publishing sector

Nov 11, 2019 | Italy

Tags: ItalyOver the last few months, Acta, the Italian association of freelancers, which is a member of EFIP (European Forum of Independent Professionals), has undertaken research on the subject, involving editors, translators, graphic designers and illustrators, both...

Call for applications: funded residencies for translators of Italian literature (deadline: 30 June 2019)

Jun 3, 2019 | Italy

Tags: ItalyThe Casa delle Traduzioni in Rome, a public library and cultural centre specializing in the subject of translation, awards funded residencies for translators working from Italian into their native language: six scholarships to cover the costs of travel and...