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Focus on translation

From artificial intelligence, translation into simple, easy language to translation in the field of tension "power-language-politics" - the whole world of translation at the Frankfurter Buchmesse.

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The #fbm24 programme will be published in summer 2024.

„Translate. Transfer. Transform.“ – Translation is also a topic at #fbm24

  • Stage programme on all fair days
  • Events on literary translation
  • Networking space
  • Events around translation as a communicative act

Frankfurter Buchmesse's fellowship and grant programmes

Frankfurt Fellow
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Salon Francfort - A gathering of German and French fiction publishers in Frankfurt am Main

This is a publishers' meeting for selected German and French fiction publishers which will take place at the Haus des Buches in Frankfurt.

The compact programme will focus on the development of a Franco-German book industry network, as well as on the promotion of literature and translation.

Nuove Correnti
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Nuove Correnti - Frankfurter Buchmesse Editors' Trip 2023

Nuove Correnti – Frankfurter Buchmesse Editors' Trip is an intensive training and networking programme aimed at publishers and editors from independent Italian publishing companies that specialise in fiction and non-fiction.

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Other translation funding opportunities

Here you can find an extensive list of organisations that provide translation funding programmes for publishers and translators.

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Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023

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