1st round applications for this year’s Translating Ukraine Summer Institute in Wroclaw, Poland, are closing on February 1. This initiative is geared toward beginning and mid-career translators.
Application instructions are available here: https://www.
1st round application requires only a few documents (resume focused on translation experience, names of two potential recommenders, and statement of interest). Those selected in the 1st round will be invited to proceed to the 2nd round and submit their translation samples and other materials.
All applicants will receive full reimbursement for their travel expenses, the organizers will also cover the cost of lodging and provide per diems for food. There will also be a series of talks dedicated to the issues of translation, a cultural program, and plenty of opportunities for connecting with peers and instructors.
This year’s confirmed instructors include Uilleam Blacker of University College London (teaching the prose translation module) and Grace Mahoney of University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (poetry translation module).
This is a unique undertaking organized jointly by an alliance of scholarly and non-profit institutions dedicated to creating and promoting the knowledge of Ukraine: University of Alberta’s Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS), DUSS UAlberta—Disrupted Ukrainian Scholars and Students Initiative, the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, the Harriman Institute of Columbia University, the Yale Ukrainian Program at Yale University, Ukrainian Studies Program at Cambridge University, Kolegium Europy Wschodniej, National Ossolinski Institute, New Eastern Europe, NGO Translatorium, and the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the US.
This year, the program has received support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (UNWLA), and Razom for Ukraine.
