The Catalan Culture Institute Institut Ramón Llull offers several subsidies for translation and promotion of works original written in Catalan.
There are specific subsidies for adult books, for children and juvenile literature, for works illustrated by Catalan artitsts, and for the promotion of all of them.
The German culture institute Goethe Institut offers translation subsidies to all kind of works originally written in German, by German authors.
Translation subsidies for works written by Suis authors (in any of their official languages).
They offer translation subsidies of literary and scientific works, originally written in Italian.
Aids for translations of all kind of books, for travelling costs of authors and specifically for children literature.
SEPS is a non-profit association founded by universities and European cultural institutions.
SEPS collaborates with universities, publishing houses and authors by promoting and financially supporting translations of non-fiction and scientific works from Italian into other languages and vice-versa, to achieve a wide distribution of scientific culture in the European and Mediterranean countries. SEPS also supports translations of works in audiovisual material, CD-Rom and Internet.
In 1995, the European Union established the first programme to support books, reading and translation: Ariane. The Culture 2000 programme, which replaces Ariane and other programmes, devotes 11of its appropriations to funding the translation of European literary works (theatre, poetry, novels), promoting literature and reading, training professionals (translators, librarians, editors) and giving access to literature. Examples of Culture 2000 financing include meetings between writers and readers, festivals of tales or poetry, European networks of dramatists and websites providing information on literature.
It is a subvention Project for the publication of Turkish cultural, artistic and literary works in foreign languages. TEDA in essence, is a translation and publication project of Turkish cultural, artistic and literary works by foreign well-known publishing firms in foreign languages , based on the act of translation and printing of the book project in the country it is translated.
The basis of the Project is subvention granted for the translation and printing of distinguished works by celebrated authors as specified in the Directions and Application form by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The purpose of TEDA is to merge Turkish cultural, artistic and literary spirit with the intellectual circles abroad, and to orient people to the sources of Turkish culture, art and literature.
Name: Rüdiger Grünhagen
Company: Westend Verlag
Question #1: Where and when do you read?
Unfortunately, I do not read as much as I would like to – mostly on the sofa, in the train and in bed the minutes before I fall asleep. And on holiday at the beach …
Question #2: Which book have you most given as a present?
I think that’s the book “Schnauze, Alexa! Ich kaufe nicht bei Amazon” (“Shut up, Alexa!”), a small book which contains all the arguments why we shouldn’t shop at Amazon – written by Johannes Broeckers in a very personal, humorous style.
Question #3: What do you remember about your first book fair?
On my first book fair I worked for Campus and I remember sitting nearly all the time in a small cabin at our booth – meeting many nice people, but seeing very little from the rest of the fair.
Question #4: Tell us the resolutions you have made for this year.
My resolution for 2020: I want to learn play guitar and started to take classes together with my son.
Question #5: Tell us about a bad habit, an obsession or a particular attitude you have picked up since starting to work at Westend.
I have daily little “fights” with Tiger, our publishing dog – I annoy my colleagues a little bit when I fight with Tiger for his ball. But he also gets tasty treats from me.
Toula Ballas, Rights manager at Sterling Publishing
