Translation Prize

The EST Translation Prize, of 2 000 euros, is awarded annually for the most deserving project to
translate key texts in Translation Studies (including research on interpreting and localization).
Deadline: June 1, 2015
Rules and Conditions
1. The prize shall be used to assist with the translation, editing and/or publication of a book
or group of articles in any of the sub-fields of Translation Studies.
2. The prize may be paid to a translator, group of translators, or academic publisher or
journal.
3. The translation may be from any language and into any language.
4. The translation shall not have been published prior to the awarding of the prize (six
weeks after the application deadline), since the purpose of the prize is to promote
translations that would otherwise not lead to publication.
5. The translation shall be published within two years of the awarding of the grant.
6. All publications and promotional materials associated with the translation shall bear the
mention With the support of the European Society for Translation Studies.
7. Applications will be evaluated on the basis of: a) potential impact of the project on
international Translation Studies, b) feasibility of the project, c) pertinent experience of
the translator or translators.
8. Payment of the prize shall follow acceptance by the publisher of at least one sample
chapter. This acceptance must be sent to the chair of the Translation Prize Committee,
who will then instruct the EST Treasurer to make the payment to the project contact
person.
How to apply
Applicants should send the following materials as email attachments to Isabelle Robert at
isabelle.robert[at]uantwerpen.be:
1. One-page explanation and justification of the project.
2. Text to be translated.
3. Any pertinent agreements or expressions of interest from publishers, especially with
respect to the purchase or granting of translation rights.
Previous winners

In 2013 the prize was awarded to Alojz Ken, Lucia Koskva, Xenia Liashuk and Katarna Koreov for
the translation of Anton Popovis Teria umeleckho prekladu (Theory of Literary Translation) from
Slovak into English.

In 2014 the prize was awarded to Brian James Baer (Kent State University) for his proposal for
an English translation of Introduction to Translation Theory by Andrei V. Fedorov (1953).