Funded Internship for Emerging Translators from the National Centre for Writing (NCW)

The National Centre for Writing (NCW) offers a funded internship opportunity for emerging translators that lasts for six months, from October 2022 to March 2023, with an additional in-person meeting in Norwich and London from 17-20 April 2023. The mentorship will include an online Industry Week with tailored training events and talks, access to UK industry events such as International Translation Day and attendance of the London Book Fair.

During the internship time, you will:

• meet at least four times with the mentor, either in person, by virtual media, or by phone as appropriate.
• In between meetings, you will exchange work and comments with the mentors via email.
• Follow and gain skills from the mentor on various aspects of life as a professional translator, such as time management, meeting deadlines, managing finances, and understanding contracts.

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You should follow the following criteria:

• The program is open to emerging translators at no cost to them.
• An emerging translator is someone who has published no more than one full-length work of literary translation. 
• MFA and MA students in translation can apply, but priority may be given to those who do not have access to the kind of guidance already present in a translation degree program. 
• Though English is the target language, the emerging translator need not live in the UK.
• The scheme matches up experienced translators with emerging translators for a six-month period during which they work together on practical translation projects.

Internship Benefits:

You will receive :

• A £500 bursary and reasonable travel expenses.
• Mentorship opportunities.
• A significant professional development. 
• Samples of mentees’ work will also be published in a print and digital anthology.

About the National Centre for Writing (NCW): 

The National Centre for Writing launched in the summer of 2018 but the organization has a much longer and illustrious history, dating back to the early 2000s. Growing from just three staff in 2006, then under the name Writers’ Centre Norwich, the organization experienced an outstanding period of achievement and growth under the leadership of Chief Executive Chris Gribble. Now home to a team of eighteen and an ever-expanding network of writers, translators, and industry professionals, the National Centre for Writing continues to be a driving force in the literary sector.

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