Arabic – Spanish translator Malika Embarek has been awarded one of the Gerardo de Cremona Prizes

Dec 13, 2015 | Spain

Tags: SpainIn November, the Gerardo de Cremona Prizes for the promotion of translation in the Mediterranean were awarded for the first time. One of the award-winning translators is Malika Embarek, member of the Spanish association of translators ACE Traductores, which...

Spanish Association ACE Traductores takes initiative to foster translators’ visibility on literary awards

Aug 22, 2015 | Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom

Tags: Netherlands, Spain, United KingdomOn 7 July, we awoke to the breaking news that the UK’s leading international literary awards – the Man Booker International Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize – are to be merged into a single, annual prize that will...

New award for stimulating translation between the north and the south of the Mediterranean

Jun 8, 2015 | Italy, Spain

Tags: Italy, SpainWith the aim of contributing to strengthening translation movement between the countries on the north shore and those on the south shore of the Mediterranean, the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), King Abdulaziz Foundation for Human Sciences...

EsAsi Awards for professional and young literary translators Spanish – Slovene (deadline for submission: 1 October 2015)

Apr 1, 2015 | Slovenia, Spain

Tags: Slovenia, SpainIn 2008 the embassy of Spain in Slovenia launched the EsAsi award for the best translation into Slovene of literary works originally written in Spanish.  This biennial award for professional translators, worth € 3000, aims to recognise the work of...

Spanish assocation ACE Traductores opposes Penguin Random House pay cuts

Mar 13, 2015 | Spain

Tags: SpainOne of our members, the association ACE Traductores from Spain, let us know the following. On 10 February 2015 Penguin Random House publishing group informed translators that the rates paid would be decreased from 16 February 2015, and that such an...