As part of the preparations for Norway’s role of Guest of Honor in Cairo in 2024, we organized a seminar for established and potential translators into Arabic in early summer this year. The goal was to encourage more people to translate into Arabic. The seminar was very successful, with many enthusiastic participants, and on Thursday, October 12th, we are organizing a follow-up seminar for the participants. Speakers are Anette Garpestad from Cappelen Damm Agency and translator Mohammad Habeeb.
Se og les (“See and read”) is a children’s and young adult literature conference and professional meeting place focusing on reading, literary mediation, and current issues related to how children and young people engage with literature.
The Writers’ Guild of Norway (in Norwegian: Dramatikerforbundet) may award grants for the translation of Norwegian dramatic works to other languages. The primary purpose of the grant scheme is to contribute to the presentation/production of Norwegian drama abroad.
Publishers, agents and translators abroad and in Norway can apply to NORLA for subsidies for sample translations.
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