Feb 21, 2022 | Europe; European Union;, Western Balkans
The International Academy on Literary Management and Translation Promotion will create a community of literary management professionals from the Balkans and other parts of Europe who are committed to […]
Feb 7, 2022 | Best practices
We proudly present the Companion for Literary Translators’ Associations (https://companion.ceatl.eu/), an online platform aimed at translator communities looking for advice, encouragement or simply inspiration. […]
Jan 31, 2022 | Germany
Last Friday, January 14th, the Deutscher Übersetzerfonds celebrated the launch of the new website Babelwerk, a new digital platform hosting all kinds of information and current debates on literary translation […]
Jan 24, 2022 | Germany, Goethe-Institut, Spain
Acción Cultural Española and the Goethe-Institut Madrid organize a residency with the aim of facilitating the creation of collaboration networks, promoting the dissemination of the works of Spanish creators or those residing in our country […]
Jan 18, 2022 | CEATL, Europe; European Union;, Sweden
Ever since the EU Directive 2019/790 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market was approved and sent to every EU country for its transposition, national governments have been working in collaboration with many of the parties involved […]
Dec 24, 2021 | CEATL, Contrepoint, Counterpoint
People everywhere are raising their voices to speak out against the many things that are causing such big problems – climate change, a growing inequality, polarisation, migration, to name a few. The larger community of translators, including literary translators, have not been found wanting in this regard […]
Nov 7, 2021 | Europe, European, European Writers' Council
The European Writers’ Council has published its follow-up survey on The Economic Impact of the Covid-19 on Writers and Translators in the European Book Sector 2020-2022. […]
Nov 1, 2021 | Switzerland
It is the chief task of the Swiss writers’ and translators’ association A*dS to stand up for the rights of its members and the improvement of their living and working situations. Compensation for work done […]
Nov 1, 2021 | Switzerland
The main topic of the annual symposium organised by the Swiss writers’ and translators’ association A*dS is literary criticism this year. It’s aimed at translators […]
Oct 27, 2021 | Europe, legal survey
Between May and July 2021, CEATL conducted a survey among its member associations about the legal and contractual situation of literary translators.
The first results of the survey show that, in most European countries […]
Oct 3, 2021 | United Kingdom
To coincide with International Translation Day, the author Mark Haddon and the translator and author Jennifer Croft have launched the #TranslatorsOnTheCover campaign, in collaboration with the UK Society of Authors, for translators to be routinely credited on book covers. […]
Sep 30, 2021 | Bulgaria, Catalonia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom
After a very strange 2020, things start going back to normal and, therefore translators’ associations all over Europe organise a variety of festive events to celebrate International Translation Day 2021. Do come and join us!