(Website in German only)
The "Federal Academy for Cultural Education" hosts translation symposia and conferences such as the "Wolfenbüttler Übersetzergespräche" and the Annual Conference of the Association of German Literary Translators.
(Website in German only)
Germany's professional association representing the interests of translators and interpreters in all fields. Also organizes seminars and other events.
(Website in German only)
Offers grants mainly to German-speaking writers and translators, but also provides funding for projects aimed at promoting German literature abroad or creating contacts between German writers, translators and publishers and their counterparts abroad.
(Website in German only)
Offers grants, stipends and workshops (almost exclusively for translators into German). Headquarters in the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin.
Translators' retreat with a multilingual reference library of 110,000 books (including 25,000 dictionaries) and computers with broadband connections. Work stays are free for professional literary translators working in all languages, and some grants are available.
Die
Fähre - Sächsischer Verein zur Förderung literarischer
Übersetzung e. V.
(Website in German only)
Organizes translation seminars and readings (the "Übersetzer
stellen vor" series presents foreign writers in translation).
Goethe
Institute Translation Programme
"The Goethe-Institut translation programme supports the translation
of books by German authors into another language. Requests for subsidies
by foreign publishers may be made for books from the areas of fiction
and poetry, science, non-fiction and books for younger readers."
Heinrich-Heine-Universität
Düsseldorf
(Website in German only)
Offers diploma in literary translation. Publishes ReLü: Rezensionszeitschrift
für Literaturübersetzung with online reviews of literary translations
into German.
(Website in German only)
Frequently offers translation workshops, seminars and symposia, some grants and financial support - mostly for translators into German, but with some opportunities for translators from the German. Best known for hosting readings with prominent writers from Germany and around the world.
Literaturwerkstatt
Berlin
(Website in German only)
Hosts translation workshops, symposia and readings (including the monthly
translation discussion series "Übersetzer packen aus"),
with special translation projects such as the annual "Versschmuggel",
featuring reciprocal translation between German poets and poets from a
selected country or region.
(Website in German only)
The Association of German Literary Translators represents the interests of literary translators (members belong to Germany's writers' union, Verband deutscher Schriftsteller), as well as organizing conferences and seminars and providing information on grants and events.