These past years have seen both a deepening of the ways in which the four principle UK organisations raise the profile of literary translation, and some of the effects on the wider fields of education, publishing and the media. The British Council works closely with the Arts Council, England, the Translators’ Association and the British Centre for Literary Translation in organising and supporting international and multicultural projects, and in publicising them through its website and other networks. There has been a significant increase, in real terms, in the value of grants awarded to individual writers, poets and translators.

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