Buch Wien Extended:
"On Translation"

Documentation of the conference in 2008.

For the 2009 conference see here!

A meeting of European cultural, funding and policy organisations,
co-sponsored by Reed Messe Wien / Buch Wien and Kulturkontakt Austria.

When: Friday, 21. November 2008,
10.00 to 18.00

Where: BuchWien, Messe Wien

Who: Invited are government, non-government and supra-national organisations dealing with or interested in translation data, policy and funding from all over Europe.

Contact

Program download

Conference
"On Translation"

The conference "On Translation" is a working meeting of government, non-government and supra-national organisations interested and/or involved in translation of books, translation funding and cultural diversity.

Details coming up

The Diversity Report

The „Diversity Report“ is a working document prepared for presentation at the conference „On Translation“ initiated by Rüdiger Wischenbart and co-organised by Kulturkontakt Austria and Reed Messe Wien at Buch Wien on 21 November 2008 and supported by ERSTE Stiftung. More

Buch Wien extended

Buch Wien Extended is a set of programs at Buch Wien, the new international book fair in Vienna, Austria (November 20 to 23, 2008 at Messe Wien) aiming at Central and Southeast Europe, cultural diversity and translation.

We strongly encourage input, suggestions and critical participation
at the preparatory debate and the conference.

Participating organisations
(confirmed)

Literature Across Frontiers

NextPage

Stiftung für Deutsch Polnische Zusammenarbeit

Centre for Information on Literature

Eurozine

European Commission DG Culture

Budapest Observatory

Federation of European Publishers

Svet Knihý

Art Council

S. Fischer Stiftung

CEATL

Institutl Cultural Roman

Austrian Federal Ministry for European and Foreign Affairs

Ubiversity of Ljubljana

With more coming up

Link list

Translation materials and ressources (coming up)

wischenbart's links on del.icio.us

Debate

Forum On Translation here
(requires registration)

"On Translation" 2008
Buch Wien extended
21 November 2008, Messe Wien
In cooperation with Kulturkontakt Austria
Time Topic Panelists, presenters
10.00 - 10.10 Welcome Annemarie Türk,
Rüdiger Wischenbart 		 
10.10 - 11.00 Presentation 01 Diversity Report 2008 -
Translation Statistics in Europe

Rüdiger Wischenbart, Content and Consulting
Supported by ERSTE Stiftung

Details and download here

11.10 - 12.00 Presentation 02 Traduki
A new funding strategy and scheme 		Antje Contius/S. Fischer Stiftung,
Jakub Forst - Battaglia, Austrian Federal Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (BMeiA)
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 14.30 Panel 1 Culture, Policy, Funding

The status quo of the culture of translation in Europe
Cultural diversity issues
The culture of translation and translation policies
European / national / local levels: Interactions and issues
Funding schemes and strategies: What works? What does not? 		Speakers :

Alexandra Büchler, Literature Across Frontiers
Antje Contius, S. Fischer Stiftung
Yana Genova, NextPage
Harald Hartung, European Commission
Catrinel Plesu, Institutul Cultural Roman
Péter Inkei, Budapest Observatory (Mod.)
14.50 - 15.40 Presentation 03 Living and work conditions of translators in Europe . Holger Fock, CEATL - in cooperation with Österreichische ÜbersetzerInnengemeinschaft
16.00 - 17.30 Panel 2 Culture vs. Market

Main forces shaping translation culture and translation markets.
Patterns of exchange between cultural and market actors.
Forces between English, French, German and smaller languages
Strategies to sustaining a broad diversity in translations.
The impact of new digital platforms for the dissemination and the trade of translations.
Visions & wish lists: Outlook to "On Translation" at Buch Wien 09 		Speakers :

Cornelius Hell, translator
Miha Kovac, Univ. of Ljubljana
Albrecht Lempp, Stiftung für Deutsch-Polnische Zusammenarbeit
Géza Morcsányi, (Magveto publishing)
Anne Tahon Bergmann, Federation of European Publishers
Rüdiger Wischenbart (Mod.)
(c) by Rüdiger Wischenbart 2003 - 2008