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2.1 Eligibility:Publishers seeking assistance must currently be participating in the Canada Council'sBlock Grant or Project Grant Program. Publishers must also:have already published three eligible titles in the same language of translation forwhich assistance is being requested;have an effective distribution network in place for these translations.Eligibility criteria are the same as those for the Block Grants and Project Grants, andare listed in the program information sheet entitled Book Publishing Support.Theatre companies applying for assistance for the translation of a Canadian play,whether for stage production or a public reading, must be clients of the CanadaCouncil's Theatre Section. Theatre companies wishing to translate plays into the otherofficial language or into Native languages must have already produced at least threeplays in this language.The translator must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.2.2 Value of Grant:The amount of the grant is based on a word count of the original text. The CanadaCouncil's current contribution rates towards the cost of translation are $0.20 per wordfor poetry, $0.08 per word for non-fiction and $0.10 for all other material. For non-fiction,the publisher must agree to pay a minimum of$0.10 a word to the translator. For poetryand other material, the publisher must pay the translator at least the amount contributedby the Canada Council.2.3 Travel Assistance:Publishers receiving translation grants may apply also for funding to cover travelexpenses for one trip (to a maximum of $500) to enable the translator to meet with theauthor before completing the translation.2.4 Promotional Assistance for Translated Titles:Publishers receiving a Block Grant or Project Grant may apply for supplementaryassistance to cover the costs of promoting an eligible translation, published after 1December 1996. Eligible Native Women's Association of Canada - Federal GovernmentPrograms 89 categories are novel, short story, poetry and theatre, excluding non-fictionand children's literature. This assistance is granted only to the publisher of thetranslated version, to a maximum of $2,000. Promotional activities must take place inthe year following the date of publication. Costs already covered by the CanadaCouncil's Author Promotion Tours or Literary Readings programs of assistance arenot eligible.Pg. 96