Call for application: ‘Laboratorio italiano’ in Switzerland (deadline: 30 July 2018)

May 9, 2018 | Italy, Switzerland

Tags: Italy, SwitzerlandSince 2015, Translation House Looren has been running its ‘Laboratorio italiano’ programme, focusing on Switzerland’s third national language. Following the major success of the first three years with both translators and local audiences,...

‘AutoreInvisibile’ up for discussion at Turin International Book Fair (10-13 May 2018)

Apr 29, 2018 | Italy

Tags: ItalyFor the nineteenth consecutive year, the Turin International Book Fair is organizing a number of activities of special interest to translators, under the title AutoreInvisibile. From Thursday 10 May to Sunday 13 May 2018, translators, publishers and writers...

Literary translation workshops (English, French and Norwegian into Italian) and editing workshops for translators (Fosdinovo, 22-24 July 2018)

Apr 12, 2018 | Italy

Tags: ItalyFrom 22-24 July 2018 the sixth event in the ‘Traduttori in Movimento’ series will take place  at Fosdinovo Castle in Italy. The programme offers workshops for translators from English, French and Norwegian into Italian and a translation editing workshop....

Italian Translators’ Association STRADE addresses AmazonCrossing with an open letter

Apr 6, 2018 | Italy

Tags: ItalyA panel on how to become a literary translator, organised by Amazon Publishing on 10 March 2018 within the Milan book fair ‘Tempo di Libri’, was the occasion for Italian translators’ associations to follow up on a dialogue with AmazonCrossing about their...

STRADE demands state foundation for the support of literary translation and other news from Italy

Dec 3, 2017 | Italy

Tags: ItalyIt has been a busy autumn for the Italian Union of Literary Translators Strade. Starting at the beginning of October, the association was one of the main co-operating partners of the Migrant Literatures Festival in Palermo, Sicily, which hosted a series of...