Galina Grekhova

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Syllabes is an agency specializing in children's books that offers its clients – small and medium-sized publishing houses – to handle the prospecting of their catalogs abroad (worldwide). Among our clients:

- Belin jeunesse (Humensis group, Paris)

- Le Pommer (Humensis group, Paris)

- Éditions Cépages (Paris)

- HongFei Cultures (Amboise)

- Mazurka (Lyon region)

- etc.

The second area of activity for Syllabes Agency is to represent medium and large publishing houses specifically in Russian-speaking countries (among our clients are three brands from the Actes Sud group, La Galera Editorial (Spain), Les Éditions du Ricochet, etc.).

Projects related to translation within the scope of literary agent activities:

- Translation of pitches FR – EN

- Translation of pitches FR – RUS

- Translation of children's books (entire or excerpts) FR – EN ("rough translations": translations allowing foreign publishers who do not master French to evaluate the project)

- Writing of communication texts (newsletters, catalogs, product sheets) in English, French, and Russian

Missions:

• Business development of international sales in specific markets (Europe, China, Russia)

• Management of the foreign publisher portfolio (follow-up of ongoing files, prospecting);

• Negotiation of financial and legal conditions;

• Establishment of contracts;

• Participation in book fairs, professional meetings, etc.;

• Search for new partners;

• Creation of communication materials (catalogs, pitches, mailings, newsletters, etc.) in English, French, and Russian

• Translations of book excerpts from French to English