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Grants for Sample Translations of works for Adults, Children & Young Adults – Denmark

Deadline: 6 February 2024

The Danish Arts Foundation is offering grants for sample translations from Danish of works for Adults, Children and Young Adults.

Purposes

  • One of the purposes of the Danish Arts Foundation is to promote dissemination of Danish literature abroad.
  • The Committee wants to support the possibilities for relevant Danish works and authorships of high quality reaches the reading public abroad.

Funding Information

  • The committee offers a fixed grant of DKK 8,000 for a sample translation with at least 40 pages and a fixed grant of DKK 3,000 for picture books and other works with fewer than 40 pages.
  • If you receive a grant of:
    • DKK 100,000 or less, they pay the grant as closely as possible to the start date you have stated in your application. You should therefore make sure that the start date you enter matches the date of the first expenses for your project.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Danish and foreign publishers and agencies can apply.
  • Note: In order to ensure the spreading of art support, you may apply for support for a total of four sample translations.
  • You can apply for grants for:
    • A sample translation of at least 40 pages of a Danish work to a foreign language as well as picture books and other works that have fewer than 40 pages.
  • You cannot apply for grants for:
    • Sample translations of works that the committee assesses belong to the realm of research, education, regional and local history, handbooks, self-help and lifestyle books, dictionaries, catalogues, or similar literature.
    • Sample translations of your own works or text revisions.

Conditions

  • The attached attachments must not be larger that a total of 25 MB.
  • Attached material is only accepted in the following formats: PDF, Word, MP3 and MP4. They do not accept ZIP files.
  • Your application must contain all mandatory attachments in order to be processed by the committee.
  • You are responsible for completing the application form correctly yourself, and you are also responsible for ensuring that all of the attachments wanted are attached.
  • You may not transfer your application and any grants – to another legal person or company. It is therefore important that you clarify who the applicant is before submitting your application.

For more information, visit Danish Arts Foundation.