Publication Contract For Translated Works
TRANSLATION AND PUBLICATION AGREEMENT
Article 1 – Parties;
This agreement has been drawn up between … and … in order to regulate the mutual rights and obligations of the translator and the publisher.
Article 2 – Scope;
With this Agreement, the translator agrees to grant to the Publisher the right of printing, processing, reproduction, publication and sale for ………. copies of his/her work in the translation genre named ………………. consisting of ……… draft pages and ……. sections.
Article 3 – Rights of the Translator;
1 – The publishing house shall ensure that the name of the translator is included in the work during the printing of the work.
2 – Except for the changes required by technical and printing processes, the publishing house shall not make any changes in the whole or part of the work without the translator’s permission.
3 – After the publication of the work, the publishing house will pay the translator a royalty fee of ……., taking into account the number of editions and the sales price of the book to the members of the publishing house, according to the Publishing House Royalty Fees Specification. TL. as royalty. Upon the translator’s request, upon the signing of the Agreement and the approval of the Board of Directors of the Publishing House, an advance payment in the amount of one fourth (1/4th) of the calculated royalty fee in the amount of …….TL. will be made in advance. After the printing of the book is completed and the advance payment is deducted from the calculated final royalty, the remaining part will be paid to the translator within ….(………) months at the latest.
4 – The translator will be entitled to …….. free books from the first edition of the published work.
5- The book will be ready for printing and delivered to the publishing house within …. (………) months at the latest after the signing of the contract.
6- Legal obligations arising from all agreements made by the translator with the publishing houses regarding the previous editions of the work belong to the translator.
7 – The translator shall be responsible for any changes between the original work and the translated work.
Article 4 – Rights of the Publisher;
1 – The publishing house shall have the right and freedom to publish the work left to it by this Agreement for …… years. During this period, the publisher may exercise the right of publication specified in Article 3 once or more than once.
2 – The translator or his heirs shall not make any disposition to the detriment of the publishing house in whole or in part of the work left to the publishing house. They shall not publish the work on their own behalf and account or in agreement with another publisher through correction and improvement. The translator reserves the right of improvement and correction, and the publishing right of the corrected and improved work or of the work that is out of print shall belong to the publishing house for a period of … years. During this period, the translator may not, without the permission of the publishing house, agree with another publishing house and transfer the printing and publishing rights of his book.
3 – The translator shall be liable to pay the damages caused against the publishing house by not complying with the provisions of the Agreement.
This Agreement consists of 4 (four) main articles and has been signed in three (3) copies by the parties on …/…/…..
FEATURES TO BE FOUND IN THE TRANSLATION
The texts will use clear and simple language and technical terms common in our country. The original word will be written in brackets next to the words whose equivalents have not yet entered our language, and the equivalents found during the previous editing of the work will be replaced.
Translations will be made in strict adherence to the original; foreign units will be converted into SI units unless there is an obligation to do so, or a conversion table will be included at the end of the work.
All signs and abbreviations in the original work shall be applied in accordance with the legislation of the publishing house.
All figures and graphics in the work to be translated shall be cut from the original work and pasted only at the ends and in a way that will not be damaged. Translations of the original writings on these figures and graphics shall be written on tracing paper and pasted on the figures and graphics only on one side.
The translators will write two (2) samples of their translations on a white A4 size paper using a typewriter or computer. The text, figures, graphics and rulers of the translation to be written shall be arranged as in the original work. A sequence number will be placed in the upper right corner of each sheet and the page number in the book will be placed in the upper center. If a leaf does not fit on one page of the book, the rest of the text will be written on another leaf. On this sheet, the numbers from the first page are placed and two is written under a slash. If the second page is not completely filled, a transverse line will be drawn underneath the filled page and the number of the next page of the book will be written under this line.
The table of contents will be edited by the translator after the translation of the book is completed.
The translation period will be determined by the publishing house.
Those who fail to comply with Article 4 without excuse and who do not submit the entire translation at the end of the deadline given to them may be given an additional period not exceeding …. (………) months by the publishing house. If no results are obtained at the end of this period, the publishing house may assign the translation work to someone else and the first obliged persons cannot claim any rights. Those who do not return the books given by the publishing house must pay a fee equal to (……..) times the current value of the books. …/…/…
PUBLISHING HOUSE
Stamp Signature
TRANSLATOR
Name Surname
Signature
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