{"id":6475,"date":"2021-03-02T16:37:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.attlc-ltac.org\/?page_id=6475"},"modified":"2025-05-16T15:22:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T19:22:50","slug":"model-contract","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.attlc-ltac.org\/en\/model-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Model Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;background-color:#ffffff;padding: 5% 5% 5% 5%;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:0px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:10px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:10px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:72;line-height:1;\">Model Contract<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:5%;margin-bottom:5%;width:100%;max-width:50px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#02bbad;border-top-width:2px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The Literary Translators&#8217; Association of Canada is proud to make our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.attlc-ltac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/LTAC-model-contract-2020.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Model Contract<\/span><\/a>\u00a0available to all translators for free. Originally drafted by entertainment and copyright lawyer <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hebbsheffer.ca\/lawyers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marian Hebb<\/a><\/span>, in conjunction with former LTAC president <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.attlc-ltac.org\/en\/translator\/phyllis-aronoff-en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phyllis Aronoff<\/a><\/span>, this contract has been updated and revised over the years in order to keep up with the ever-evolving nature of the publishing industry. The latest revisions were made in the summer of 2020 by Hebb&#8217;s law partner <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hebbsheffer.ca\/lawyers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren Sheffer<\/a>,<\/span> who specializes in intellectual property and business law practice. The contract is also available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.attlc-ltac.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Contrat-Type-ATTLC-2020.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">in French here<\/span><\/a>. 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