Europe celebrates International Translation Day 2021

Sep 30, 2021 | Bulgaria, Catalonia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, United Kingdom

Tags: Bulgaria, Catalonia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, United KingdomAfter a very strange 2020, things start going back to normal and, therefore, translators’...

LGBT rights in Hungary: Letter of support and solidarity in the Micsoda család! case

Jul 14, 2021 | Hungary

Tags: HungaryCEATL is appalled by the fine imposed on the book shop Líra könyv for selling the book Micsoda család! (What a Family!) written by Lawrence Schimel, illustrated by Elīna Brasliņa and translated by Anna T. Szabó, for failing to note that it contains...

The first Jerome’s Lion Award in Hungary went to publishers Magvető and Typotex

May 9, 2017 | Hungary

Tags: HungarySaint Jerome was a church scholar and Bible translator, originator of the Vulgata, the first Latin translation that our present bible translations are based on. According to fable he once pulled a thorn from a lion’s paw, whereby the animal became his...

Budapest International Book Festival 2016

Apr 30, 2016 | Hungary

Tags: HungaryThis year’s book festival, which closed on Sunday 24 April at Millennáris, featured a hugely successful and varied programme from the Hungarian Literary Translators’ Association MEGY . For the first time two auditorium talks were presented. Ádám Nádasdy,...

Hungarian Association organises its annual literary translation weekend (20-22 May 2016, Dobogókő)

Feb 16, 2016 | Hungary

Tags: HungaryThe Hungarian Association of Literary Translators is hosting its annual vocational weekend on 20-22 May 2016, in scenic Dobogókő, a popular hilltop tourist resort, 50 kilometers from Budapest. This literary translators’ weekend has been going for seven...