Category: Translations
Adapt and Thrive: AI Translation is the Game-Changer’s Game-Changer
Imagine for one moment if, somehow, the Bertelsmann buy-out of Simon & Schuster had been successful and the ever-tuxedoed Count Dohle was still emerging from the grave each night to dictate PRH policy. There would have been no Spotify deal and no unprecedented surge in the fortunes of the audiobook industry.
Read More
South Sudanese novel wins PEN Translates Award. Almost two thirds of awarded books by women writers, over half translated by women
When we think MENA literature we often don’t get past a handful of key North African and Middle...
Read More
Start The Day Global: Five not-to-be-missed publishing stories from around the world
Palestine, Mongolia, Russia, Indonesia and New Zealand are on the menu for today’s Start The...
Read More
Italy’s Traduzione Libri becomes the latest casualty of Amazon’s CreateSpace shutdown. The hunt for a serious international POD operator is on
Ever since the first hints were dropped that CreateSpace was not long for this world and indie...
Read More
The Handmaid's Tale released in UAE as Arab book market globalisation builds
Margaret Atwood’s famous dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale is available in Arabic – for the...
Read More
Chinese bot translates 300-page book from English to Chinese in 30 seconds with 95% accuracy
This is a post that will send shivers down the spines of translators everywhere. First the bad...
Read More
Ten global publishing stories not to be missed. 11 July 2018 collation
The global publishing market has never been more exciting, and every day myriad publishing stories...
Read More
São Paulo International Book Biennial sells 100,000 tickets in advance. Sharjah guest of honour
1,500 hours of activities are lined up for the 25th edition of the São Paulo International Book...
Read More
2018 International DUBLIN Literary Award shortlist announced
The International DUBLIN Literary Award is preparing for its 23rd final in June, and the ten...
Read More
The Hot Sheet Reviewed (first November 2017 edition)
The Hot Sheet is a publishing industry news-sheet for authors, produced every two weeks by Porter...
Read MoreAmazon Crossing opens up submissions in 13 new languages
Amazon Crossing, the translations imprint of Amazon Publishing, has long been asking readers and publishers to recommend non-English language books for translation into English, but with the caveat that you needed to speak/read...
Read More