Conditions

Only non-German publishers are entitled to apply for translation grants.

The following documents are required:
  • a fully completed application form;
  • a legally valid licence agreement;
  • a legally valid translator’s contract;
  • justification of the project with information on the relevance of the work to the target sales audience, how it fits into the publisher’s list, and on why financial support is required
  • two copies of the German edition of the publication plus reviews. (Books and reviews should be requested from the German publisher and then forwarded to the Munich Central Office of the Goethe-Institut, Bereich 33, Literatur und Übersetzungsförderung.)