Intra-Belgian literary translations since 1970
Scope of this project
The project Intra-Belgian literary translations since 1970 (BELTRANS) studies the untold history of literary translation flows in Belgium between French and Dutch in the period 1970-2020.
BELTRANS examines the link between intra-Belgian cultural transfers and the mutual knowledge and perception of each other’s culture in a period of increasing regionalisation of the state, which caused a growing distance between Belgium’s linguistic and cultural communities.
Phases of the project
- Creating FAIR data on contemporary Belgian authors and their works in French and Dutch translation in order to prepare and establish the corpus
- Mapping and quantitative analysis of intra-Belgian literary translation flows
- Analysing the roles of actors, institutions and organisations that were involved
- Studying the reception of the translated texts
- Contextualising the literary transfers through translation with regard to Belgian cultural and societal evolutions
- Developing policy guidelines in order to valorise Belgian authors and their works, within Belgium and abroad
- Valorisation, dissemination and exploitation of the research results for a scientific, professional and cultural public
Partners
The BELTRANS project is financed by BELSPO as part of the BRAIN.be 2.0 programme, and results from the cooperation between:
- KBR – Contemporary Collections
- KU Leuven – Faculty of Arts: Research group Translation and Intercultural Transfer
- UCLouvain – Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters: Institute for the Study of Civilisations, Arts and Letters (INCAL), Centre de Recherche en Ecriture, Création et Représentation: littératures et arts de la scène (ECR) & Laboratoire de Recherches Historiques (LaRHis)
Duration
2021 – 2025 (4 years)
Follow-up committee
- Diana Roig Sanz (ICREA Research Professor and coordinator of Global Literary Studies Research Group)
- Laura Fólica (Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Arts and Humanities and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
- Johanna Ferket (Letterenhuis Antwerp)
Contacts
KBR
- Sophie Vandepontseele, fbcuvr.inaqrcbagfrryr@xoe.or
- Ann Van Camp, naa.inapnzc@xoe.or
- Sven Lieber, fira.yvrore@xoe.or
KU Leuven
- Elke Brems, ryxr.oerzf@xhyrhira.or
- Reine Meylaerts, ervar.zrlynregf@xhyrhira.or
- Ewoud Goethals, rjbhq.tbrgunyf@xhyrhira.or
- Timothy Sirjacobs (FWO), gvzbgul.fvewnpbof@xhyrhira.or
UCLouvain
- Stéphanie Vanasten, fgrcunavr.inanfgra@hpybhinva.or
- Emmanuel Debruyne, rzznahry.qroehlar@hpybhinva.or
- Clara Folie, pynen.sbyvr@hpybhinva.or