Tenth anniversary of Translation House Looren marked with literature and music

Jul 30, 2015 | Switzerland

Tags: SwitzerlandSince 2005, Translation House Looren in Switzerland has been hosting literary translators, organising workshops in literary translation, and providing readings for the general public. To mark its 10th anniversary, actors Claudia Carigiet and Jürg...

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...

5th Symposium of Swiss literary translators (Bellinzona, 13 september 2013)

Jul 31, 2013 | Switzerland

Tags: SwitzerlandThe fifth symposium organised by the Centre of Literary Translation in Lausanne (Switzerland) will take place on 13 September 2013 in Bellinzona. This year’s will be dedicated to support for literary translation and to retranslation of classic works....

Two residencies for literary translators in Rarogne (Switzerland)

May 8, 2013 | Switzerland

Tags: SwitzerlandLiterary translators working on a book by an author from the Alpine region, or on a book related to that area, can apply for a three-month literary residency in the village of Rarogne, which is about 2½ hours from Zürich. Two grants are available, one...

Fourth symposium on Literary Translation in Bellinzona, Switzerland (14 September 2012)

Aug 9, 2012 | Switzerland

Tags: SwitzerlandOn 14 September, the Association of Authors in Switzerland (AdS) will organise the fourth Swiss Symposium for Literary Translators in cooperation with the translators’ house in Looren, the Swiss cultural foundation Pro Helvetia, the Center for...