The BabelMatrix project has entered a new phase

May 14, 2013 | Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia

Tags: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, SlovakiaEver since its creation shortly after the turn of the millennium, the BabelMatrix project has undergone several transformations, and it continues to grow. The aim of this site, which is dedicated to literary translation...

Call for applications: Visegrad Literary Residency Program

Apr 28, 2013 | Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia

Tags: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, SlovakiaThe Visegrad Literary Residency Program, established in 2012 by the International Visegrad Fund, consists of a series of residencies and literary events available to fiction and non-fiction writers, poets, essayists, and...

The translators’ house at Balatonfüred (Hungary) is threatened

Nov 26, 2012 | Hungary

Tags: Hungary*** Update 6 December: the protests have been successful, the house is saved! *** The translators’ house at Balatonfüred (Műfordítóház), a member of the RÉCIT and HALMA networks, risks closing its doors from the start of next year, because it will not be...

Professor István Géher, President of the Hungarian Translators’ Association, passed away

Jun 23, 2012 | Hungary

Tags: HungaryThe Hungarian Translators’ Association mourns the death of its president, Professor István Géher. Poet, literary translator, essayist, critic, eminent Shakespeare scholar and Professor Emeritus at the Budapest University of Arts, Professor Géher died on...

Third Literary Translators’ Weekend: Association of Hungarian Literary Translators held annual vocational convention

Jun 15, 2012 | Hungary

Tags: HungaryThe Association of Hungarian Literary Translators (MEGY) held its third annual Literary Translators’ Vocational Weekend between May 11th and 13th 2012, in picturesque Dobogókő, near Budapest. The get-together featured translators’ presentations and...