Rules & Regulations
(i) All entries must reach Rodrigo von Horn at ACADEMIA ROSSICA on or before
Thursday, 1 April 2010. Entries received after this deadline will not be sent to the
judges.
(ii) All candidates must be aged 24 or under on 1 April 2010 to be eligible to
enter the competition.
(iii) All translations must be of one of the three texts available in this brochure
and on the ACADEMIA ROSSICA website. Translations of any other work will not be
considered. The texts for the 2010 competition are:
Leonid Yuzefovich, extract from "Журавли и карлики"
Mikhail Shishkin, extract from "Письмовник"
Viktor Pelevin, extract from "t"
(iv) Entries may be submitted electronically to rodrigo@academia-rossica.org
(v) Each entry must include:
The translator's name.
The translator's date of birth.
The educational institution to which the translator is attached (if any).
(vi) Group translations are permitted. However, the name, date of birth and
educational institution of every translator must be included with the submission.
(vii) The Winner will be announced on 21 April 2010 at the London Book Fair.
The winning translator will receive £500 and the opportunity to travel to Moscow to
take part in a Translators' Congress in September 2010.
(viii) All short-listed translators will be invited to a special programme of events
at the London Book Fair and introduced to writers and publishers.
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