This year’s mentorship strands are:
• Arabic (mentored by Sawad Hussain)
• Faroese (mentored by Marita Thomsen)
• Italian (mentored by Elena Pala)
• Japanese (mentored by Polly Barton)
• Korean (mentored by Clare Richards)
• Lithuanian (mentored by Kotryna Garanasvili)
• Polish (mentored by Sean Gasper Bye)
• Languages of Singapore (mentored by Jeremy Tiang); this mentorship is open to literary translators working from either or various of the languages of Singapore (Malay, Singaporean Mandarin, Tamil, Kristang or other minority languages) into English.
• Mentorship for a chronically ill translator (mentored by Annie Rutherford); this mentorship is open to UK-based literary translators who identify as chronically ill working from any language into English.

What selected mentees will receive
Mentees receive six months of personal mentoring, from October 2024 to March 2025, with a mentor in their language or field. They will also be awarded a £800 stipend to cover expenses associated with the mentorship, such as travel.

The mentorship will include various online industry events with tailored training events and talks, a feature at International Translation Day and attendance of London Book Fair with a networking day the day before LBF in either Norwich or London.

The mentees’ work will also be celebrated in a concluding digital showcase, when a print and digital anthology with samples of the mentees’ translations will be published, to further amplify the translators’ work.

For further details and to apply, please visit our website.

Deadline: Monday 26 August 2024