CEATL starts a new e-zine: Counterpoint

May 3, 2019 | World

Tags: WorldCounterpoint is an e-zine for everyone interested in literary translation. Whether you are a translator, publisher, agent, researcher, student or journalist, or just have a general interest in literature across borders, the European book market, and in the...

What does the profession of a literary translator entail? Françoise Wuilmart in an interview with Patricia Benstein

Dec 17, 2018 | World

Tags: WorldOn 30 November 2018 Françoise Wuilmart, literary translator and one of CEATL’s founding members, was interviewed at the University of Western Australia. The interview took place on the initiative of Prof. Alexandra Ludewig, head of the department of...

PEN Ukraine awards three grants for the translation of stories by Oleg Sentsov

Nov 8, 2018 | World

Tags: WorldPEN Ukraine in cooperation with the International Renaissance Foundation announces a competition for the translation of Oleg Sentsov’s book of stories into three foreign languages: English, German, and Polish. The project will be implemented within the...

The Miracle of the Little Prince – Translators in the picture at documentary festival IDFA in Amsterdam

Nov 6, 2018 | Netherlands, World

Tags: Netherlands, WorldThe 30th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) takes place from 15 to 26 November 2018. One of the almost 300 documentaries screened at this festival is about the translator as the preserver of vulnerable...

PEN International issues Case List of transgressions against freedom of expression

Jun 8, 2018 | World

Tags: WorldPEN International has just issued its annual Case List of transgressions against the freedom of expression. Affirming the idea that ‘Literature knows no frontiers and must remain common currency among people in spite of political or international upheavals’...