Arabic translator’s seminar

NORLA will be hosting our third Arabic translator seminar in the series on Monday, September 16th, following up Norway’s role as Guest of Honour at the Cairo International Book Fair in January. During the seminar, participants will discuss their experiences with translating from Norwegian to Arabic. Following this, two Egyptian publishers, Sherif Bakr from Al Arabi Publishing, and Mohamed El-Baaly from Sefsafa Publishing, will be talking about their work with translations for the Arabic-speaking world.

More information

Here you can read more about our first and second Arabic translator’s seminar.

Upcoming activities

September 1

Application deadline: Sample translation of Norwegian literature

Publishers, agents and translators abroad and in Norway can apply to NORLA for subsidies for sample translations.
Read more here.

September 15

Application deadline: Translation grants for Norwegian contemporary drama

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.

October 1

Application deadline: Translation subsidy and Production subsidy

Please note that there are new application deadlines in 2025, with three deadlines in total, for Norwegian books in all genres:
1 February, 1 June and 1 October.