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The Geisteswissenschaften International Nonfiction Translation prize competition (GINT) is now entering its fourth round. Emerging translators from German to English can take part in the competition, sponsored by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association and the Frankfurt Book Fair New York, up to October 15.

Is it still the same language? Translating under conditions of aggressive war and dictatorship

The Slovenian language and literature were greatly influenced by translations (especially from German). A presentation of the extensive scholarly monograph Zgodovina slovenskega literarnega prevoda I.

Award ceremony.

What is the role of women in the Slovenian book industry? A female writer, a female senior rights manager and a female translator discuss in Slovenian. Translation into German will be provided.

How is the rights field developing in the Arab world, and what opportunities are emerging for more translation and international collaboration?

4,000 exhibitors from 95 countries meet again in Frankfurt / Spanish royal couple and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to attend opening of 74th Frankfurter Buchmesse / Bestselling author Mohsin Hamid champions the vital role of translators / 2,000+ events / appearances by President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska (virtual) / Guest of Honour: Spain/ Featured topic: translation

The CONTEC conference is a trade mark of the Frankfurter Buchmesse that pursues to create a space for reflection on the challenges and opportunities in the content industry.

Contemporary Balkan literatures in translation

Two studies by Aldus Up, the European book fairs network co-founded in the framework of the Creative Europe programme and coordinated by the Italian Publishers Association (AIE), which were published on the network's platform on 16 June during the Bologna Children's Book Fair show: Europe is not united yet when it comes to statistics on the book world. From reading habits to translations data, each country performs surveys independently, making it difficult to carry out an overall analysis of trends.

SZBA panel in collaboration with Publishing Perspectives

Translating India: Views from India and Beyond

A talk with Iva Pezuashvili about challenges and opportunities

This year marks the tenth anniversary of Festival Neue Literatur (28-31 March 2019), the first and only festival in New York City to spotlight German-language and U.S. fiction together. The theme of the 2019 festival is “In Memory We Trust”.

Guest of Honour Spain will showcase its multilingualism and cultural diversity / Cultural convergence: stage programme reflects current discourse / Cultural exchange: programme focus on Ukraine / Spotlight on Africa / Invitation Programme with participants from Azerbaijan, Haiti, Lebanon, Ruanda and Togo, among others / Translate. Transfer. Transform. honours translators 

Unpacking the magical - and musical - relationship between translating and writing.

A reflection on the main results of Aldus Up survey on translation flows in Europe

The Slovenian language knows no proper swear-words, we use mixed language which reflect mixed origins

The trending topic of artificial intelligence will be in focus at this year’s Frankfurter Buchmesse (18-22 October 2023).

Frankfurt will welcome the international publishing industry in October. The registration phase for the 74th Frankfurter Buchmesse (19–23 October 2022) is still open, and several thousand exhibitors from more than 65 countries are expected to participate.