{"id":23555,"date":"2025-12-10T11:10:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T09:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jgf.org.za\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=23555"},"modified":"2026-05-19T11:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:11:20","slug":"pen-afrikaans-translation-fund","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/jgf.org.za\/af\/event\/pen-afrikaans-translation-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"PEN Afrikaans Translation Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

The PEN Afrikaans Translation Fund<\/strong> was established in June 2017 with financial support from the Trust vir Afrikaanse Opvoeding (Trust for Afrikaans Education).<\/p>\n

This fund\u2019s main objective is to promote Afrikaans literature internationally<\/strong> by generating more translations and translated publications of noteworthy Afrikaans works.<\/p>\n

Not only is the translation of Afrikaans literary works into other world languages \u2013 especially languages like English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish and the Scandinavian languages<\/strong> \u2013 an acknowledgment to the authors regarding the quality of their work and an opportunity to earn more income; it is also good for Afrikaans as a language. A literature that is not available in translation cannot be considered a world literature.<\/p>\n

An international reputation for our authors promotes the stature of Afrikaans literature as a whole.<\/p>\n

Due to the lack of an Afrikaans translation fund, a common phenomenon in other countries, it was extremely challenging to sell translation rights for Afrikaans writers\u2019 works in the past. The PEN Afrikaans Translation Fund wants to fill this gap.<\/p>\n

Decisions on the funding of applications will be taken by the management of PEN Afrikaans in consultation with a representative of the Trust for Afrikaans Education. The decisions of this assessment panel will be final and no correspondence will be entered into regarding rejected applications.<\/p>\n

Applications for funding will be considered twice a year. The two deadlines for applications are 15 May and 15 November<\/strong> of each calendar year.<\/p>\n

Inquiries, as well as completed applications, can be sent to: penafrikaans@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here for more information and to download the application form.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Application deadline: 15 November 2026<\/h4>\n

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This fund\u2019s main objective is to promote Afrikaans literature internationally by generating more translations and translated publications of noteworthy Afrikaans works. Applications for funding will be considered twice a year. The two deadlines for applications are 15 May and 15 November of each calendar year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23600,"template":"","meta":{"_en_post_content":"","_en_post_name":"","_en_post_excerpt":"","_en_post_title":"","_af_post_content":"","_af_post_name":"","_af_post_excerpt":"","_af_post_title":"","edit_language":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[50],"class_list":["post-23555","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","tribe_events_cat-bursaries-grants","cat_bursaries-grants","czr-hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t