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February 10, 2017

Best Literary Translation Contest

The contest is held in two nominations “Prose” and “Poetry Piece”.


The Department of English Translation Theory and Practice of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University is happy to announce the Best Literary Translation Contest.

We are pleased to invite students of Ukrainian and foreign higher educational institutions and graders of secondary schools to participate in the contest.

The contest is held in two nominations:

For students:

For graders:

Translation language: Ukrainian, for foreign citizens — Russian.

Requirements for translation:

  1. Stylistic literacy of the translation;
  2. Semantic structure preservation of the work;
  3. A variety of translation methods;
  4. Style, fiction intensity of the translation, literary and expressive means;
  5. To translate a poetry piece: preserve the poetical structure of the original, i.e. rhyming, metric, rhythmic, imagery, style.

Requirements for papers: the text of the paper is to be typed in a MS Word format, body size 14 pt, line spacing – 1,5, the indentation – 1,25 cm, the margins – 2 cm at the top and at the bottom, 2,5 cm – on the left, and 1,5 cm – on the right, in Times New Roman type. The file with each translation is to contain the full name (last name, name, patronymic).

The name of the file with the translation (file type — .doc or .docx)

For students:

  • S_poetry piece_full name
  • S_prose_full name

For graders:

  • G_poetry piece_full name
  • G_prose_full name

To participate, you are to fill out the application form and send it till January 10, 2017. Indicate the word CONTEST in the subject line of the e-mail. The application form and translations are to be sent to: transengl@karazin.ua.

Translations are accepted till February 10, 2017.

The participants will be awarded for the best translations.

Good luck!