by aniemi | Sep 2, 2025 | Opportunities, Opportunities for translators, SALT announces, Uncategorized
SALT is excited to continue sponsoring emerging translator mentorships in partnership with the American Literary Translators Association! The ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program is designed to establish and facilitate a close working relationship between an...
by aniemi | Aug 28, 2025 | Opportunities, Opportunities for publishers, Opportunities for translators, SALT announces
For the first time, the SALT Project’s travel grant program will be open to both publishers and translators of literature from South Asian languages into English. This program allows publishers and translators to make connections in South Asian literary markets and/or...
by aniemi | Aug 8, 2025 | SALT announces
The SALT Project is thrilled to establish a partnership with Wasafiri, and build up on their visionary Translator in Residence program with the appointment of International Booker Prize winner Deepa Bhasthi. Wasafiri is the UK’s leading magazine for international...
by aniemi | Aug 8, 2025 | Opportunities, Opportunities for publishers, SALT announces
The second round of PEN Translates x SALT has selected two titles for awards: Eyes, Eyes, Eyes by Sara Shagufta (Pakistan), translated from the Urdu by Javeria Hasnain (trace press). Once Elephants Lived Here by Geetanjali Shree (India), translated from the Hindi by...
by brill | Feb 11, 2025 | Opportunities, Opportunities for translators, SALT announces
SALT is delighted to announce our second cohort of translation mentees as part of the American Literary Translators Association’s Emerging Translator Mentorship Program. These emerging translators will be working directly with experienced translators, who have...
by brill | Feb 4, 2025 | Opportunities, Opportunities for publishers, SALT announces
The inaugural round of PEN Translates x SALT has selected two titles for awards: Our City, That Year by Geetanjali Shree (India), translated from the Hindi by Daisy Rockwell (Tilted Axis Press) Songs in a Time of Confinement by Mohamed Rashmy Ahamed (Sri Lanka),...
by brill | Nov 14, 2024 | Opportunities, Opportunities for publishers, SALT announces
Calling publishers! If you are planning or considering a new book in translation from any language of South Asia, please apply for this grant, open to publishers anywhere outside South Asia. The deadline is right around the corner: 30 November 2024. Full details at...
by brill | Oct 30, 2024 | Opportunities, Opportunities for translators
SALT’s mentorship program, in partnership with the American Literary Translators Association’s Emerging Translators Mentorship Program, invites applications for eight mentorships for 2025. We are delighted to announce that these distinguished translators have agreed...
by brill | Oct 20, 2024 | Chicago, SALT in the news
Enjoy this wide-ranging essay on Chicago’s “foreign lit scene,” including cogent observations from SALT’s own Jason Grunebaum: Translators have long been fighting for and are now enjoying greater visibility than they used to get as artists and...
by brill | Oct 18, 2024 | Chicago, Opportunities, Opportunities for translators
Curious about what it takes to become a literary translator? Come to this star-studded panel discussion, including International Booker winner and UChicago alum Daisy Rockwell (Hindi-Urdu), and award-winning translators Jayasree Kalathil (Malayalam), Khairani Barokka...
