Opportunities
BCLT/TA Mentoring Scheme
The mentoring programme is aimed at emerging literary translators into English and gives mentees the opportunity to work closely with experienced mentors on developing their craft, through a combination of face-to-face-meetings and email contacts. The scheme also provides the opportunity to develop contacts in the publishing industry.
The next mentoring programme will begin in January 2013. We will announce details of the programme as languages and funding are confirmed. Further information about how to apply will be available in September 2012
Chinese
The Chinese-English mentorship will be awarded to the winner of the Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize 2012. Entrants for the prize will be asked to translate the short story The Wig by Han Dong. Closing date 27 July 2012
Read more about the prize and how to enter
2011-2012 Mentoring Programme
The 2011-2012 mentorships were:
Arabic
Marilyn Booth mentoring Emily Danby
supported by the Foyle Foundation.
Catalan
Peter Bush mentoring Laura McGloughlin
supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Institut Ramon Llull
Chinese
Julia Lovell mentoring Emily Jones
supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Dutch
David Colmer mentoring Rebekah Wilson
Supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Dutch Foundation for Literature.
German
Lyn Marven mentoring Jamie Searle
Supported by the Foyle Foundation and the Austrian Cultural Forum.
Greek
David Connolly mentoring Avgi Daferera
Supported by the Foyle Foundation
Italian
Howard Curtis mentoring Chenxin Jiang
Supported by the Foyle Foundation
Japanese
Michael Emmerich mentoring Lucy North
Supported by the Nippon Foundation and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Norwegian
Don Bartlett mentoring Rosie Hedger
Supported by the Norwegian Embassy and NORLA
Polish
Antonia Lloyd-Jones mentoring Garry Malloy
Supported by the Polish Cultural Institute and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Russian
Robert Chandler mentoring Anne Marie Jackson
Supported by the Prokhorov Fund and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Spanish
Margaret Jull Costa mentoring Tom Bunstead
Supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
The BCLT/TA Mentoring Scheme is supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Foyle Foundation
2012-2013 Mentoring Programme
The next mentoring programme will begin in January 2013. Further information about how to apply will be available in autumn 2012.
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Sebald Lecture
Sean O’Brien gave the 2012 Sebald Lecture at Kings Place on Monday 6 February.
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