What sort of funding is available for translators?

There are many, many sources of funding for translations. The majority of these by far are designed for publishers – so publishers can apply to them for funds to cover translation costs; translators do not apply directly. The most significant potential sources of general funding of translation costs are currently the Arts Council's Grants for the Arts

In addition, there are many language-specific pots of money attached to national cultural institutes which will support translations into English of works from a particular country or language. You will find many listed on the Literature Across Frontiers website.

The Writers in Translation programme of English PEN awards a number of grants twice a year, not for translation costs but to support specifically the promotion of translated books.

In addition, there are many language-specific pots of money attached to national cultural institutes which will support translations into English of works from a particular country or language. You will find many listed in our ‘Grants, Residencies and Scholarship’ searchable database.