Turkey’s Istanbul International Literature Festival announces this year’s 14 fellows. And ALTA’s translation award submissions are due by April 15.
American Literary Translators Association Shortlists Titles in Poetry and Prose
The 20th National Translation Awards program from the American Literary Translators Association announces its shortlists, selecting six works in poetry and six in prose–in part by comparing the English translation to its original.
Prose and Poetry: National Translation Awards’ 20th Anniversary Longlists Announced
The 20th National Translation Awards from the American Literary Translators Association announces its longlist, selecting works in part by comparing the English translation to its original.
Industry Notes: Australia’s New Children’s Laureate, America’s 2018 Literary Translators Association Awards
The next two-year post as Children’s Literature Laureate in Australia is taken up by Morris Gleitzman, as the American Literary Translators Association announces deadlines for its competitions’ entries.
Authors Guild Survey Points to Translators’ Challenges in Year Ahead: Earnings, Contracts, Credit
Only 14 of 205 respondents to an unprecedented Authors Guild survey said that 100 percent of their income is from translation and related activities.
National Translation Award Longlists for Poetry and Prose, a Dozen Each
Twenty-four titles are now in contention–with shortlists to come in August–for the 2017 round of ALTA’s National Translation Awards.
American Literary Translators’ Mentorship Program Applications Are Open
Specific mentorships in Korean, Russian and Catalan as well as non-language-specific mentorships will begin in October at the association’s conference.
ALTA’s National Translation Award Longlists Feature 13 Languages
Both prose and poetry feature on the National Translation Awards longlist, in which the translations are evaluated by comparing them with the original text.