The Ukrainian Book Institute invites publishers to apply for Translation Support Programme of Ukrainian literature into foreign languages Translate Ukraine 2021
The Ukrainian Book Institute (hereinafter referred to as the Institute) announces the start of the Translations Support Programme of Ukrainian literature into foreign languages Translate Ukraine 2021 (hereinafter referred to as the Programme) and invites publishers willing to translate, publish and distribute foreign language publications of Ukrainian literature in foregn countries to submit applications for the Programme.
The Open-Call of the Programme starts on April 19, 2021.
Implementation stages of the Program:
- Accepting applications;
- Technical selection of applications;
- Projects evaluation by Expert Council;
- Formation of projects’ rating;
- Selection by the Institute of the list of projects that will receive funding;
- Publication of the list on the website of the Institute (https://book-institute.org.ua);
- Signing agreements with publishers to support projects;
- Publishers' fulfillment of their obligations;
- Publishers’ reporting;
- Implementation of reimbursement to the publisher by the Institute.
The selection of projects for translations will be carried out by the Institute's Expert Council. The final list of projects will be defined by the Institute and published on the website. The publisher whose application was approved, gets partial or full reimbursement for copyright license, translation costs and the acquisition of rights to its publication. Expenses are reimbursed according to the submitted estimate.
The amount of the reimbursement for each project in the final list is up to 4000 EUR.
The Programme covers the main genres of modern and classical Ukrainian literature.
To be accepted projects:
- prose, poetry, drama, essays, biographies and other genres of fiction and non-fiction literature
- humanities and social sciences
- children’s and young adult literature
The priorities of the Program in 2021 are translation of works by Lesya Ukrainka, Lina Kostenko, Hryhoriy Skovoroda, and works on the history of Ukraine.
Please, pay your attention to the fact that the programme does not provide subsidies for works previously translated and published in the relevant foreign language and projects on translations of publications such as production - practical works, regulatory, reference, advertising editions and leisure publications.
Funds for the winners will be reimbursed after the publication of the book and after the Institute receives reporting documents on the fulfillment of obligations.
Notice that reporting documents and published books are accepted until November 15, 2021.
Publishers willing to participate in the Program submit applications that include the following documents:
- Filled Application form (Annex 1 to the Regulations on the Translation Support Program)
- A copy of the signed contract with the original copyright holder
- A copy of the signed contract with the translator
- Translator’s CV with references to excerpts from translations, in particular from the Ukrainian language
- brief information about the publishing house, in particular information about the publication of translations from Ukrainian language, distribution; please add links to media reviews of previously published translations of Ukrainian literature.
The publisher shall ensure that the information provided in the documents is true and accurate.
Full Regulations for the Support Programme for Translation of Ukrainian literature into foreign languages Translate Ukraine 2021 (in English) – https://cutt.ly/2cK7D25
Application form – https://cutt.ly/zcK6iOw
Applications may be submitted only by email: [email protected]
If any questions please contact us: [email protected]
Phone: +38 096 607 83 91
In charge of Programme: Olena Odynoka [email protected]
Please notice that Open-Call for Support Programme for Translation of Ukrainian literature into foreign languages Translate Ukraine 2021 starts on April 19 and ends on May 3, 2021. Applications sent after 23:59 on May 3 will be rejected without any consideration.
