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• Rules (CA)

• Rules (ES)

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• Announcement (CA)

• Announcement (ES)

Grants to translators working on the translation of works originally written in Catalan or Aranese for residency stays in Catalonia lasting from two to six weeks (except August). The purpose of the stay is to work on the ongoing translation.

Professionals working on a translation of Catalan or Aranese literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry or drama), who are not domiciled within the linguistic domain and have a contract with a publisher to translate the work.

• Living expenses during the days of the translation residence in Catalonia.
• Travel expenses (going to Catalonia and returning from Catalonia to the country of residence). Travel in preferred or higher class, fuel, tolls, taxis, urban transport and car parks are not considered supported expenditures.
• Accommodation costs in an apartment on the campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) provided free of charge.

Online: Spanish individuals through the virtual office

For applicants with tax residence in another country

• Natural persons:
  • Online presentation with digital certificate (only for residents of the EU. You can consult the list of accepted certificates. Recommended.
  • idCAT Mobile (by video identification): Recommended for natural persons from all over (facilitated within a maximum period of 48 hours).
  • Accreditation (user/password): Request for accreditation (facilitated within a maximum period of 72 hours). When filling out the accreditation form you must select “Literature and Thought” as the recipient department. In this case, the accreditation (user and password) is valid for five years from the date of issue, unless there is some change in the documents provided, of which the IRL must be informed. Please take into account that you should request your accreditation at least 48 hours before the application deadline.

 Virtual Office

Call: From February 12th to May 15th, 2025.

PERIOD OF STAY: From July 15th to November 30th, 2025.

The Director of the Ramon Llull Institute will make a decision within a maximum period of six months from the date of the publication of the call.

If the maximum period has elapsed without a final decision of the procedure being issued and notified, applicants may consider their applications rejected due to administrative silence.

The decision does not exhaust the administrative process. An appeal can be filed with the head of the Department of Culture within one month from the date of publication.

In order to receive the subsidy granted, it is necessary to justify a minimum of 50% of the subsidized amount, following the procedure mentioned in the rules. Otherwise, the grant will be revoked.

A maximum budgetary deviation percentage of 20% is established between the initially budgeted cost and the justified final cost of the subsidized activity, which will not entail a reduction in the amount of the subsidy. This percentage may only be applied if it is guaranteed that the object and purpose of the subsidy has been met.

The deadline to submit supporting documentation is December 15 of the year of the call.

• Economic Report

Documents can be consulted online at the IRL virtual office.

Additional documentation, when necessary, and supporting documents can be uploaded to the IRL website through the virtual office.

Maria Jesús Alonso (mjalonso@llull.cat).