This translation agreement has been designed to document the legal relationship between a publisher and a translator, where the translator has been appointed to translate an existing book or similar work into another language, for example to translate a French novel into English.
The translation agreement includes a licence of copyright (rather than an assignment) and provides that the translator will be remunderated by way of a royalty (with an advance optional).
The licence granted under the agreement may be exclusive or non-exclusive, and may be limited to particular rights and/or particular territories.
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A full listing of the template provisions is as follows:
> Definitions and interpretation
> Grant of rights
> Delivery and acceptance
> Page proofs
> Publishers' responsibilities
> Publication
> Complimentary copies
> Marketing
> Translator's undertakings, warranties and indemnity
> Royalties
> Accounting
> Intellectual Property Rights
> Term and termination
> Effects of termination
> Waiver and remedies
> Severance
> Variation
> Assignment
> Further assurance
> Third party rights
> Entire agreement
> Governing law and jurisdiction
> Schedule 1 (Specification)
> Schedule 2 (Royalties)
This translation agreement template is 14 pages long and is provided in Word (.doc) format.
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