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This site presents translated summaries of information obtained from each funding body’s website. While we strive to ensure that all program information is as accurate and up-to-date as possible, we encourage users to consult each funder’s program documentation in full or to contact a program officer directly with any questions prior to submitting an application.

Support for Export and Cultural Outreach – Books and Publishing – Section 2.5: Support for the Translation of Works from Quebec

Aide à l’exportation et au rayonnement culturel – Livre et édition – Volet 2.5 : Soutien à la traduction d’œuvres québécoises

DESCRIPTION

This section of the program supports Quebec publishing companies in the translation of Quebec literary works. Funding applies to editing and translation fees.

CRITERIA

Open to: Accredited publishers

Applicants must:

  • Be a certified Quebec publishing company or eligible for certification with the Ministry of Culture and Communications
  • Present a translation project for a work by a Quebec author, from French to English, English to French, or either English or French to any other language
  • Translation of the work cannot already be complete at the time of the application
  • The original version of the work must have been published and distributed in Quebec
  • For works published simultaneously in English and French, an application can be submitted during the manuscript phase
  • Works must fall under an eligible category, such as poetry, theatre, novel, illustrated children’s book, art book, comic, social science essay, or a collection of songs
  • School textbooks and self-published works are ineligible
  • Publishing companies must allocate funds representing 25% of the estimated budget
  • If the publishing company will be publishing the translated work itself, it must do so within one year and have access, either directly or through a third party, to a distribution network in the target markets
  • If the publishing company will not publish the translated work itself, it must have signed an agreement assigning the rights to a foreign publisher; the translated work must then be published within two years of the signature of the contract
  • Projects for translation to French, English, or an Indigenous language that are already supported through Canadian public funding are ineligible

EXPENSES

Translation and editing fees, based on typical rates for the category of work in the translator’s country of residence

DOCUMENTS

  • Completed SOD@ccès online application form
  • A digital copy of the original work
  • A copy of the contract for the transfer of rights to a foreign publisher
  • A copy of the agreement with a distributor when the target market is within Canada, excluding Quebec (for simultaneous publication in French and English)
  • A copy of the agreement with a distributor outside of Quebec, if the publishing company will distributing the translated work itself
  • A copy of the translation contract or the estimate
  • A signed statutory declaration attesting to the payment of authors’ royalties and having respected the contract with the author of the original work as it pertains to translation

Get In Touch With Your Agent

Gwendoline Akum

gwendoline.akum@sodec.gouv.qc.ca

514 841-2204

Gwendoline Akum

gwendoline.akum@sodec.gouv.qc.ca

514 841-2204

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