About Us

The  Centre was established in order to:

• promote literary translation from and into the languages of Ireland
• bring together business, culture, research and the training of cultural practitioners in a mutually enriching cluster
• support and enable research into theory and practice of translation
• strengthen and diversify the potential for collaboration between sectors in the field of cultural exchange
• facilitate increased outreach on the part of the three stakeholders to communities in Dublin, Ireland, and abroad
• engage locally, nationally and internationally in fundraising; to acquire sponsorship and to solicit monies, grants, subscriptions and any material or other benefit calculated to serve the primary function of the Centre, as described at point 1 above
• enter into any suitable partnership, joint venture or international network which is calculated to serve, directly or indirectly, the interests or purposes of the Centre
• support and promote the objectives of the Centre by conferences, public events, seminars, workshops, publications and by such other means as may be deemed necessary or desirable
• provide opportunities to bridge the divide between the theory and practice of literary translation, creative writing and editing, on the one hand, and the realities of the world of publishing, marketing and distribution, on the other