Some useful information about literary translation and in particular, children’s books in translation and Russian/German/Arabic literature.
Literary translation
- European Literature Network
- “Translated fiction sells better in the UK than English fiction” (The Guardian, 2016)
- Global Literature in Libraries Initiative
- The Women in Translation campaign and the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
- Man Booker International Prize
- English PEN grants: PEN Translates, PEN Promotes, PEN Presents
- Three Percent: a resource for international literature at the University of Rochester
- Emerging Translators’ Network (ETN)
- Find a literary translator: the UK Society of Authors/Translators Association
- Getting into literary translation: ALTA guides (published by the American Literary Translators Association)
- International literature blogs
Children’s literature in translation
- World kid lit month = September!
- In Other Words 2018 (BookTrust’s project to promote the translation and UK publication of outstanding children’s literature from around the world)
- Outside in World: promoting and exploring world literature and children’s books in translation
- IBBY’s Bookbird: Journal of International Children’s Literature
- Children’s and YA International Book Catalog (curated by GLLI)
- Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature
- Anna Lindh Foundation: Arab Children’s Literature Regional Programme
Arabic-language literature
- ArabLit (in English)
- International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF)
- Banipal magazine of modern Arab literature in English translation
- Sheikh Zayed Book Award
- Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature (awarded by the American University in Cairo Press)
German-language literature
- New Books in German
- Goethe Institut translation grant programme
- Love German Books blog by Katy Derbyshire
- Helen and Kurt Wolff prize for German to English translation (awarded by Goethe Institut USA)
