TRANSLATOR QUESTIONNAIRE WE WILL USE THE INFORMATION IN

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TRANSLATOR QUESTIONNAIRE

We will use the information in this questionnaire to prepare promotional material, apply for copyright, reach out to possible blurbers, and educate our sales representatives about the book. Feel free to reach out to your editor with any questions. Most translators find that this takes about one to two hours to complete.

1. CONTACT INFORMATION

Legal Name:

Home address:

Office address:

Preferred telephone number:

Preferred email address:

Birthday and birthplace of translator (for Library of Congress cataloging):

Birthday and birthplace of author (for Library of Congress cataloging):

Preferred translator pronouns:

Preferred author pronouns:

May we release your contact information to appropriate interested parties (primarily awards committees and members of the media)? YES/NO

2. ABOUT THE BOOK

Title/Subtitle:

Author’s name:

Describe the book in one succinct sentence:

Describe the book in no more than 350 words. We will use this as the basis for jacket and catalog text, so please write this as though you’re explaining the book to an educated general reader with no background in your field. Be sure to mention what is most important about the book, what is distinctive about it, and why it will appeal to an Anglophone audience.

Please provide a three- to five-sentence abstract and six keywords for each chapter in the book:

Please suggest 3 possible excerpts from your translation which could be used to promote the book. Please provide two excerpts of approximately 1,500 -2,000 words and a third excerpt of approximately 3,000 – 5,000 words.

In five bulleted selling points, please tell us what distinguishes the book from the competition (ie why a reader should spend his or her time reading precisely this book). These selling points might include information about the author, the subject matter, the style, and the context in which the book was written. Please also mention comparable titles a potential reader might know.

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Please list a few recently published books that would be comparable to this one (translated or not) and explain why readers of those books would be interested in yours.

ENDORSEMENTS

Please suggest three to five people who might be approached to blurb the book in order of importance. All should be well known figures in your field if the book is for scholars and students or well known authors or public figures if the book is for general readers. Do not include contributors, series editors, or anyone who may be likely to review the book for the media.

Name	Email

3. AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR BIOGRAPHY

In no more than 60 words, write a brief biography of the author as you would like it to appear on the book jacket:

When possible, we also like to include a translator biography. In no more than 20 words, write a brief biography of yourself as you would like it to appear on the book jacket:

Please send a C.V. or résumé that lists your past and present academic and institutional affiliations, as well as honors or awards received.

Please send a recent high-resolution color photographs of yourself and, if you have access to one, of the author. These photos may or may not be used on the book jacket, but are important for promotional purposes. Please send only photographs with no rights restriction.

Photographer credit line (translator photo):

Photographer credit line (author photo):

Please list titles of the author’s previous in English books in order of importance, and include publisher, date and number of copies sold:

Title	Publisher, Year	Copies Sold	Foreign Editions

Please list titles of the translator’s previous books in order of importance, and include publisher, date and number of copies sold.

Title	Publisher, Year	Copies Sold	Foreign Editions

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