The International Translation Day 2014 symposium programme has been announced. Now in its fifth year, the International Translation Day symposium is an annual event for the translation community. It is an opportunity for translators, students, publishers, booksellers, librarians, bloggers and reviewers to gather and debate significant issues and developments within the sector, to discuss challenges and to celebrate success.

Presented by Free Word, English PEN and the British Library in association with the British Centre for Literary Translation, the Translators’ Association, Literature Across Frontiers and Wales Literature Exchange, the International Translation Day symposium will be held on September 26th 2014 at the British Library, London. Seminars include Migrating Languages, a talk on migrating and evolving languages in the UK and Pitch Perfect a chance to pitch an unpublished book in translation to a panel of top publishers.

International Translation Day, Fri 26 Sep 2014, 9:00am – 5:00pm British Library, NW1 2DB

You can read a summary of the day’s programme here, or download the complete programme as a PDF here.

Tickets for International Translation Day are now on sale from the British Library here.