Program
31 Mar 2018
Susanna Roth 2018 Translators' Competition - Call for Entries

Czech Centres and the Czech Literary Centre, announce the 5th year of the International Competition for Young Translators – The Susanna Roth Prize, named after the celebrated Swiss translator Susanna Roth (1950 – 1997) who made a significant contribution to the promotion of contemporary Czech literature abroad.
The competition is open to young translators up to the age of forty*. The task is to translate a significant extract (cca 10 pages) of as yet untranslated contemporary Czech prose published in the Czech Republic between 2016 - 2017. Previously published extracts are unacceptable. A jury in each country taking part will select one winner.
* excluding previous winners of the Susanna Roth Translation Competition
TEXT TO BE TRANSLATED
Bomba★Funk by Karel Veselý (BiggBoss,
2017)
You can
download the text here:
- csr-18-text-soutez-bombafunk-6-kapitola.pdf
(742,67 KB)
PRIZE
A trip to
the Czech Republic with a specialized program, which will be jointly arranged
by the Czech Centres and the Czech Literary Centre.
ASSIGNMENT
AND CONDITIONS
The translated text (chapter 6, pages 104 -118) from Karel Veselý‘s Bomba★Funk; a professional résumé in the form of a profile
consisting of maximum of 1 000 characters (including spaces) in Czech, a
current photograph in print quality and the participant’s declaration
confirming the authorship of the submitted translation need to be send via
email to clarkova@czechcentre.org.uk
by the 31st March 2018.
The competition is open to young translators up
to the age of forty *
* excluding previous winners of the Susanna Roth
Translation Competition
FULL TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
- csr-pravidla-eng.pdf
(316,20 KB)
DEADLINES
- Closing date for translations: 31st March 2018
- Results announcement: 15th May 2018
- Winners' visit to the Czech Republic: summer/autumn 2018
CONTACTS
Anna Hrabáčková, Czech Centre Programme Department, hrabackova@czech.cz
Jack Coling, Czech Literary Centre, coling@litcentrum.cz
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Cover image: © BiggBoss / Ilustration: © Jiří
Franta and David Böhm.
Venue:
Date
31 Mar 2018
Organizer:
Czech Centre