Once a UK, or other, publisher has acquired
the translation rights to a work of literature by a German writer, and a
contract has been signed between the publisher and a translator, the publisher
can apply to the Goethe-Institut for a translation grant. An
independent committee will decide on the application and, where appropriate, on
the amount of financial support. The committee meets twice a year. Next
meeting:
April 24th 2008.
Special arrangements
are in place for English-language translation grant applications for titles
featured in New Books in German: applications can be submitted at any time of
year and are guaranteed a translation grant of at least 50 % in the majority of
cases. Applications should
be submitted to the Goethe-Institut in your country. The local
Goethe-Institut will then check whether your application is complete and pass
it on to the Goethe-Institut's head office in Munich with their comments.
The form to be filled out for these applications is available at the
following webpage which has much useful information in English:www.goethe.de/uun/ang/ueb/uea/bew/enindex.htm Contact person in London’s Goethe-Institut:Elisabeth Pyroth
Goethe-Insitut London
50 Princes Gate
Exhibition Road
London SW7 2PH
Tel: +44 20 7596 4020
elisabeth.pyroth@london.goethe.org Contact person in the Goethe-Institut’s head office:Andreas Schmohl
Goethe-Institut Munich
Dachauer Str. 122
80637 Munich
Tel: +49 89
15921-852
schmohl@goethe.de 
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