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Journals Seeking Work in Translation

3:AM Magazine (Paris, France) 91st Meridian (Iowa City) A Public Space (Brooklyn) Agni (Boston University, Boston) Alchemy (University of California, San Diego) The American Reader (New York) Arroyo Literary Review (California State University, Hayward, CA) Asymptote Journal (online) The Baffler (Cambridge, MA) Banipal: Magazine of… More

Recommended Readings on Translation

An annotated list by PEN member Sandra Smith, translator of Irène Némirovsky and Albert Camus. Edith Grossman, Why Translation Matters (Yale University Press, 2010)  A defense of the cultural importance of the art… More

Translation Programs

University Programs American University Undergraduate and graduate Certificate in Translation (French, German, Russian, Spanish) Department of Language & Foreign Studies Asbury 326 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20016-8045 Phone:  (202) 885-2381 Fax: (202) 885-1076 E-mail: [email protected] www.american.edu/lfs Antioch University Los Angeles Graduate… More

A Model Contract for Literary Translations

Updated 9/15/17. The model contract is intended to be a starting point in negotiations between the translator and publisher. Be sure to see also our Translation FAQs. This agreement is… More

2010 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation

WinnerAnne Carson for her translation from the Greek of An Oresteia: Agamemnon by Aiskhylos; Elektra by Sophokles; Orestes by EuripidesThe PEN Award for Poetry in Translation recognizes book-length translations… More

2006 Translation Fund Grants

WinnersJohannes Goransson for his translation from the Finland-Swedish of The Collected Poems of Henry ParlandVictoria Haggblom for her translation from the Swedish of To Mervas, a novel by Elizabeth… More

2006 Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation

WinnerEdith Grossman, who has translated major works by Miguel de Cervantes and Gabriel García MárquezThe Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation is given every three years to a translator whose… More

2011 PEN Translation Fund Grants

WinnersThe PEN Translation Fund was established in the summer of 2003 by a gift of $730,000 from an anonymous donor in response to the dismayingly low number of literary… More

2008 PEN Translation Prize

WinnerMargaret Jull Costa for her translation from the Portuguese of The Maias (New Directions) by Eça de QueirósThe PEN Translation Prize is awarded to book-length translations from any language… More

2008 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation

WinnerRosmarie Waldrop for her translation from the German of Lingos I-IX (Burning Deck Press) by Ulf StolterfohtThe PEN Award for Poetry in Translation ($3,000) recognizes book-length translations of poetry… More