FROM ALTA

 FROM OUR PEERS

While ALTA's primary goal is to cultivate community and offer programs that serve literary translators, we also seek to help that community find the resources they need to meet their professional goals and deepen their work, sustainably. 

Have a resource you'd like us to include on our website? Please email us at info@literarytranslators.org.

From ALTA

Tools to Connect

Find translators and publishers in our network!

Member Directory Publishers Database

Stay up-to-date on ALTA news and member accomplishments!

ALTA NEWS Member Announcements

Best Practices

In 2023, ALTA developed Guidelines for Evaluating Literary Translation in Hiring and Promotion Decisions and will continue to evaluate the ways that it can support the establishment of best practices for the field.

Enjoy our free video recording from the ALTA43 Conference about how to pitch to translation publishers. Click here to view.

From Our Peers

The Authors Guild

• The Authors Guild Literary Translation Model Contract and Commentary
  • Press Release
  • The Contract
• Authors Guild Survey: US Literary Translators’ Working Conditions

Pen America

• PEN Model Contract for a Work of Literary Translation
  • FAQs on the Model Contract
  • Checklist for Negotiating Translation Contracts
• PEN US University Guide

Individual Translators

• Charlie Coombe's Literary Translation Database (for publishers, awards, residencies, grants, etc.)
• David McKay's Resources for Emerging Translators (Emerging Translators Network)
• Anton Hur's Pitch Guide for Translators