Less than a week after the International Booker Prize jury released its 2022 longlist, the chair of that jury has called for publishers to pay translators royalties on the sales of books they translate. Frank Wynne is the first translator to chair the International Booker jury, and in a move sure to encourage those who champion literary translation and translators, the Booker Foundation has endorsed Wynne’s position, taking it a step further.
Source: International Booker Juror Calls for Royalties for Translators