Acknowledgment of Rights-Holder for Literature: Translation Projects Applications

The NEA’s Literature: Translation Projects program gives grants to translators of previously written works which may be protected by copyright. The NEA typically requires that these applicants obtain from the publisher the affirmative “right to translate” the work (or, in cases that do not apply to this request that the work be in the public domain). Some publishers, due to industry standard practices, have refused to provide applicants with the “right to translate” but do not object to the work being translated. In order to ensure that these otherwise qualified applicants are eligible, the NEA proposes to use this form in which a non-applicant rights-holder affirmatively acknowledges and approves of the applicant’s project.

The latest form for Acknowledgment of Rights-Holder for Literature: Translation Projects Applications expires 2021-03-31 and can be found here.