FILI Translator-in-Residence Programme
Helsinki
Website
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translators
Contact information
Merja Aho, merja.aho(at)finlit.fi
Address
Tiirasaarentie 2, 00200 Helsinki
View on map ↗Accommodation and organization
Translators selected to take part will stay at Villa Salin, located in Helsinki’s Lauttasaari district.
Villa Salin is a large house dating from the early 20th century. It is about a 10-minute metro ride from central Helsinki. There is enough space for 5–6 translators to stay at a time.
How to apply
Translators living outside Finland who have a book translation in progress can apply. Applications must include a plan of work to be completed during the residency.
The translators’ residency includes accommodation, a stipend and partial reimbursement of travel costs.
The translators’ residency is open to applications from translators who:
- live outside Finland
- translate literature from the Finnish, Finland-Swedish or Sámi language into their own mother tongue
- are finishing up a translation in progress and/or need support for a translation, such as meeting with the author or accessing archival or library resources.
Residency
FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange supports and promotes the publication of Finnish literature in translation around the world.
FILI organises an annual translators’ residency programme that is open to literary translators living outside Finland who have a book translation in progress.