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Company: Australia
Organisation: Australia Council for the Arts
Address: PO Box 788
Postcode / City: Strawberry Hills NSW 2012
Phone: 0061 2 9215 9050
Fax: 0061 2 9215 9111
E-mail: literature@ozco.gov.au
Internet: www.ozco.gov.au
Description: Through its Literature section, under the Presentation and Promotion programme,
the Australia Council provides grants to overseas magazine and book publishers for the
following: writers' and translators' fees and/or publication costs of overseas editions of the work
of living Australian writers in eligible genres, works of cultural significance which are
substantially by or about living Australian writers or issues of magazines devoted to Australian
creative writing. The Board encourages applications from overseas publishers who are
establishing an Australian list. More than one title may be included within the same application.

Company: Belgium
Organisation: Vlaams Fonds voor de Letteren
Address: Generaal Capiaumontstraat 11 bus 5
Postcode / City: B 2600 Berchem
Phone: +32 3 270 31 61
Fax: +32 3 270 31 60
E-mail: info@fondsvoordeletteren.be
Internet: www.fondsvoordeletteren.be
Description: The task of the Flemish Foundation for Literature (Vlaams Fonds voor de Letteren
or VFL) is to develop and implement literary policy by means of granting subsidies and
providing logistical support to organisers of lectures, press conferences, literary events or book
fairs and wishing to invite Flemish writers and to foreign publishers planning to publish
translations from Dutch.

Company: Brazil
Organisation: Fundação Biblioteca Nacional
Address: Deptartamento Nacional do Livro (Programa de Bolsas de Apoio à Tradução de
Autores Brasileiros) Rua da Imprensa 16 / 11§ andar
Postcode / City: 20030-120 Rio de Janeiro RJ
Phone: (55 21) 2544 8514 / 2544 8703 / 2544 8597 / 2544 8669 / 2220 0390 extension 213
Fax: (55 21) 2220 1009
E-mail: dnl@bn.br or bndnlsdi@bn.br
Internet: www.bn.br
Description: The program of grants for translators of books written by Brazilian authors is an
initiative of Brazil´s Government, through the National Book Department (DNL), which belongs
to the Biblioteca Nacional Foundation (FBN).

Company: Bulgaria
Organisation: Next Page Foundation
Address: 35, Ljuben Karavelov Str, fl. 2, apt. 8
Postcode / City: 1142 Sofia

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Phone: (359 2) 65 44 21
Fax: (359 2) 65 84 39
E-mail: ygenova@npage.org
Internet: www.npage.org
Description: Next Page is a foundation registered in Bulgaria under the auspices of Open
Society Institute (www.osi.hu) to take over OSI´s activities in the area of support for translation
and publishing previously run by OSI´s Center for Publishing Development. Next page
promotes free flow of information by providing grants for translation in Central and Eastrn
Europe and the former Soviet Union, and works for the development of independent
publishing in those countries.

Company: Canada
Organisation: The Canada Council for the Arts
Address: 350 Albert Street, P.O. Box 1047
Postcode / City: Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5V8
Phone: 1-800-263-5588 (Canada only) or (613) 566-4414
Fax: (613) 566-4410
E-mail: catherine.montgomery@canadacouncil.ca
Internet: www.canadacouncil.ca/writing
Description: The Canada Council for the Arts provides assistance to foreign publishers for the
translation of literary works by Canadian authors into languages other than French or English,
for publication abroad. Priority will be given to books that have been nominated for or have
won literary awards administered by the Canada Council. Assistance is also provided for the
first translation of works written by Canadians into French, English or an Aboriginal language
with a view to the publication of the works in Canada.

Company: Czech Republic

Organisation: Ministry of Culture
Address: Maltézské námestí 471/1
Postcode / City: CZ 118 11 Praha 1 - Mal Strana
Phone: 00420 257 085 111
Fax: 00420 224 318 155
E-mail: novakovk@mkcr.cz
Internet: www.mkcr.cz
Description: Provides grants for the translation of Czech literature.

Company: Denmark
Organisation: Danish Arts Agency
Address: Kongens Nytorv 3
Postcode / City: DK-1050 Copenhagen K
Phone: 0045 3374 4500
Fax: 0045 3374 4565
E-mail: litteratur@kunststyrelsen.dk
Internet: www.kunststyrelsen.dk, www.litteraturnet.dk
Description: Promotes Danish literature abroad and provides grants for translation.

Company: Estonia
Organisation: ELIC Estonian Literature Information Centre
Address: Voorimehe 9
Postcode / City: 10146 Tallinn
Phone: +372 631 48 70

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Fax: +372 631 48 71
E-mail: estlit@estlit.ee
Internet: www.estlit.ee
Description: The aim of the Estonian Literature Information Centre is to promote awareness of
Estonian writing abroad, with particular emphasis on fiction, poetry, drama and children books
and to provide the international literary world with up-to-date information on Estonian
literature and the literary scene in Estonia.

Company: Estonia
Organisation: Traducta Programme
Address: Suur-Karja 23
Postcode / City: 10148 Tallinn
Phone: +372 644 69 22 or +372 631 40 82
Fax: +372 631 40 85
E-mail: kulka@kulka.ee
Internet: www.kulka.ee
Description: Traducta is a literary translation grant funded by the Cultural Endowment of
Estonia (Eesti Kultuurkapital). The Traducta grant has been established in order to encourage
the translation of Estonian authors into foreign languages and facilitate the publication of
Estonian literature abroad.

Company: FinCompany
Organisation: FILI - Finnish Literature Information Centre
Address: Mariankatu 7 A 2
Postcode / City: FIN - 00170 Helsinki
Phone: 00358 201 131293
Fax: 00358 9 656380
E-mail: fili@finlit.fi
Internet: www.finlit.fi/fili
Description: FILI - Finnish Literature Information Centre promotes the awareness of Finnish
literature and non-fiction abroad in addition to providing financial support for the translation of
Finnish, Finnish-Swedish and Saami literature into other languages. As of the beginning of 2003,
translation grants will also be awarded for the translation into Finnish of high quality fiction
and non-fiction in small circulation as well as for the translation into Swedish of non-fiction and
academic publications.

Company: France
Organisation: Ministère de la culture et de la communication,Bureau du livre français à l
´étranger
Address: 53, Rue de Verneuil
Postcode / City: F - 75343 Paris Cedex 07
Phone: 0033 1 49 54 68 25
Fax: 0033 1 45 49 10 21
E-mail: bernard.borghino@culture.gouv.fr
Internet: www.centrenationaldulivre.fr
Description: Grants for translators of French literature of works from the human and social
sciences for a period of up to two months. Applications must be submitted to the cultural
department of the French Embassy in the translator´s country of origin.

Company: Greece
Organisation: The Ministry of Culture

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Address: Directorate of Letters, 1 Rethymnou & Herakleiou Str.
Postcode / City: 10682 Athens
Phone: 0030 21 820 1707
Fax: 0030 21 820 1702
E-mail: w3admin@culture.gr
Internet: www.culture.gr
Description: In its concern for the spread and promotion of contemporary Greek literature, the
Ministry of Culture has set up a special programme to encourage the publication of translations
of contemporary Greek literature by providing funding for translations of literary works that
are representative of Greek culture, of all genres, including anthologies.

Company: Hungary
Organisation: Translation Fund - Hungarian Book Foundation
Address: Hermina ut 57.
Postcode / City: H - 1146 Budapest
Phone: 0036 1 3845675
Fax: 0036 1 3845675
E-mail: dora.karoly@axelero.hu
Internet: www.hungarianbookfoundation.hu
Description: Provides information about Hungarian books and authors, publishes annual
selection of titles and provides grants for the translation of quality Hungarian fiction and poetry
titles into other languages.

Company: IreCompany
Organisation: IreCompany Literature Exchange
Address: 25 Denzile Lane
Postcode / City: Dublin 2
Phone: 00353 1 678 8961 / 662 5687
Fax: 00353 1 662 5687
E-mail: info@ireCompanyliterature.com
Internet: www.ireCompanyliterature.com
Description: Provides grants for translation of Irish titles and bursaries for translators wishing
to spend time in IreCompany working on a commissioned translation.

Company: IceCompany
Organisation: Fund for the Promotion of IceCompanyic Literature
Address: Túngata 14
Postcode / City: 101 Reykjavík
Phone: 00354 5609500
Fax: 00354 5683068
E-mail: bok@bok.is
Description: Promotes IceCompanyic literature abroad and provides grants for its translation.

Company: Latvia
Organisation: Latvian Literature Centre
Address: Stabu 73-20
Postcode / City: LV - 1009 Riga
Phone: (+371) 7311021
Fax: (+371) 7311024
E-mail: centre@literature.lv
Internet: www.literature.lv

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Description: The Latvian Literature Center promotes Latvian literature abroad, publishes the
magazine Latvian Literature ain English and provides grants for the translation of Latvian
literature into other languages.

Company: Lithuania
Organisation: Books from Lithuania
Address: J. Basanaviciaus 5
Postcode / City: Vilnius LT-2600
Phone: +3705 261 87 41
Fax: +3705 261 87 41
E-mail: info@booksfromlithuania.lt
Internet: www.booksfromlithuania.lt
Description: Books from Lithuania is non-commercial organisation established to promote
Lithuanian literature abroad and subzidize the translation of Lithuanian literary works. Foreign
publishers are invited to apply for grants which will partly or totally cover translation costs.

Company: NetherCompanys
Organisation: Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature
Address: Singel 464
Postcode / City: NL- 1017 AW Amsterdam
Phone: 0031 20 620 62 61
Fax: 0031 20 620 71 79
E-mail: office@nlpvf.nl
Internet: www.nlpvf.nl
Description: The Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature promotes
interest in Dutch-language literature abroad. It maintains contacts with a large number of
international publishers, and has a stand at major international book fairs, including the
Frankfurt Book Fair, the London Book Fair and the Children´s Book Fair in Bologna. Every year
the Foundation produces dossiers with sample translations from a selection of titles which have
proved artistically and commercially successful. Foreign publishers wishing to publish
translations of Dutch or Frisian literature, including children´s literature and quality non-
fiction, may apply for a subsidy towards the translation costs. If the translator is unknown to
the foundation, a sample translation is required. This will be evaluated by an external advisor.
The maximum possible subsidy is 70% of the total cost of translation. In exceptional cases, the
Foundation may decide to make a contribution towards publishing costs. Applications for
subsidies for translations which have already been published will not be considered.

Company: PoCompany
Organisation: The Book Institute
Address: ul. Szepanska 1
Postcode / City: PL - 31-011 Krakow
Phone: 0048 12 4267912
Fax: 0048 12 4293829
E-mail: j.czudec@bookinstitute.pl
Internet: www.bookinstitute.pl
Description: The Institute´s basic aims are to influence the reading public and to popularise
books and reading within PoCompany, as well as to promote Polish literature worldwide.
These aims are accomplished by:
- popularising the best Polish books and their authors;
- educational activities designed to highlight the advantages to be gained from regular book
reading;

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- introducing Polish literature abroad;
- organising study visits for translators;
- increasing the number of translations from Polish into foreign languages, with the help of the
© PoCompany Translation Programme; and
- making information on Polish books and the Polish publishing market accessible to foreign
consumers.

Company: Portugal
Organisation: Instituto Português do Livro e das Bibliotecas
Address: Campo Grande 83
Postcode / City: P - 1751 Lisboa Codex
Phone: 0035 121 798 2080
Fax: 0035 121 798 2141
E-mail: acastro@iplb.pt
Internet: www.iplb.pt
Description: Promotes Portuguese literature abroad and provides subsidies for foreign
publishers of translations of works by Portuguese authors and those from African countries
whose official language is Portuguese. The subsidies cover 50- 100% of the translation costs.

Company: Portugal
Organisation: Instituto Camäes
Address: Rua Rodrigues Sampaio, 113
Postcode / City: P - 1150-279 Lisboa
Phone: 0035 121 310 9100
Fax: 0035 121 314 3987
E-mail: geral@instituto-camoes.pt
Internet: www.instituto-camoes.pt
Description: Subsidies for the publication of works by Portuguese authors or about Portuguese
culture in a foreign language, intended to cover production and publication costs and not the
translator´s fee as such (see under Instituto Português do Livro e das Bibliotecas for translation
subsidies). The size of the subsidy depends on the production costs and publisher´s total
budget.

Company: Slovakia
Organisation: SLOLIA - Slovak Literature Abroad - Slovak Literature Information Centre
Address: Nám. SNP 12
Postcode / City: SK – 812 24 Bratislava
Phone: 00421-2/5296 4475
Fax: 00421-2/5296 4563
E-mail: slolia@litcentrum.sk
Internet: www.litcentrum.sk
Description: SLOLIA maintains contact with publishers, translators and literary scholars abroad
and promotes Slovak literature internationally. It operates a system of grants and subsidies
covering all or part of the cost of fees and royalties, both for the author and the translator. The
Centre also publishes Slovak Literary Review in English.

Company: Slovenia
Organisation: Ministry of Culture
Address: Maistrova 10
Postcode / City: SI - 1000 Ljubljana
Phone: 00386 1 369 5900

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Fax: 00385 1 369 5901
E-mail: mkinfo@gov.si
Internet: www.kultura.gov.si
Description: The Sector for Promotion and International Co-operation promotes Slovene culture
abroad and provides translation grants direct to translators.

Company: Slovakia
Organisation: dgjks Foundation
Address: Tomsiceva 12
Postcode / City: SI - 1000 Ljubljana
Phone: 00386 1 4252340
Fax: 00385 1 4216430
E-mail: barbara.subert@guest.arnes.si
Internet: www.drustvo-dsp.si
Description: Foreign publishers can apply for subsidies to publish Slovenian authors in their
native languages. Trubar Foundation contributes up to 50% of printing costs. It does not
subsidize translation; translators can apply for translation grants directly to the Slovenian
Ministry of Culture. Priority is given to the works of living authors who are already established
in Slovenia. However, the Board will take all applications for works of fiction, poetry, drama, or
literary essays into account, as long as they are originally written in Slovenian.

Company: ScotCompany, UK
Organisation: Scottish Arts Council - Grants for translators
Address: 12 Manor Place
Postcode / City: GB - Edinburgh EH3 7DD
Phone: 0044 131 240 2444
Fax: 0044 131 225 9833
E-mail: helpdesk@scottisharts.org.uk
Internet: www.scottisharts.org.uk
Description: Grants to assist publishers overseas with the cost of translating works of 20th
century and contemporary Scottish literature.

Company: UK
Organisation: Welsh Literature Abroad / Llenyddiaeth Cymru Dramor
Address: Canolfan Mercator Centre, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Postcode / City: Ceredigion SY23 1NN
Phone: +44 1970 622 544
Fax: +44 1970 621 524
E-mail: llcd-wla@llcd-wla.org
Internet: www.welsh-lit-abroad.org
Description: Welsh Literature Abroad promotes the literature and writers of Wales abroad,
offers translation grants to publishers, provides information about writers, translators and
publishers, participates in international book fairs, collaborates with festivals and events
abroad, and participates in international literature projects.