::Literary Division of the American Translators Association::

American Translators Association

1535 LD members as of February, 2009

ATA Conference 2009

Mission

The mission of the ATA Literary Division is to uphold excellence and ethical standards within the profession, to advocate fair and just treatment of literary translators by authors, agents, publishers, and reviewers, to promote recognition of literary translators, to encourage cooperation with other literary translation organizations, and to provide support and guidance to literary translators as a community.

Purpose

The purpose of the Division is to further cooperation and exchange of information among its members; organize meetings, workshops and conference activities related to literary translation; encourage and promote cooperation with similar organizations; advocate fair and just treatment of literary translators by authors, agents, publishers and reviewers; publicize professional development opportunities; and promote the policies and the objectives of the Division and the Association.

Division Administrator
Emilia Balke
ebalke@language-web.net

Division Assistant Administrator
Rashid Hasan
richardhasan@gmail.com

Beacons Editor

Source Editor
Michele Aynesworth
michele@mckayaynesworth.com

Webmaster
Myriam Young

Participate in the Literary Division

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nominating committee

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Beacons XI submissions

Source submissions