The EU Culture programme 2007-2013 offers funding opportunities for the translation of European fiction (Strand 1.2.2). The maximum grant available is EUR 60 000, for the translation of up to 10 books.
The purpose is to stimulate the widest circulation of European literature among European citizens by supporting the translation of high-quality European literature into the different languages of the countries participating in the Culture programme.
How to apply?
The applicants must be publishing houses or publishing groups willing to translate works of fiction (novels, plays, poetry, etc.) from/into one of the 23 official languages of the EU Member States, plus Icelandic, Norwegian, Turkish, Croatian, Montenegrin, Macedonian, Serbian and Latin and Ancient Greek.
You can submit a slate of up to 10 books. Please note that the grants can only cover the actual translation costs (e.g. fees to translators) – the grants cannot be used for printing, publishing or promotion costs.
Also note that the works should have been previously published and not already translated into the language proposed for translation.
When to apply?
The next deadline is 3 February 2012 at 11am UK time. There will be one more deadline in early Feb 2013.
Use our helpful Infosheet which is a digested version of the relevant parts of the Programme Guide
You can download the application form and guidance notes from the Executive Agency’s website.
