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We are continuously in touch with the translators of Polish literature in the world, our greatest allies. Each year in Cracow, we host a group of translators, for whom we provide the proper conditions for peaceful work on translations, library searches, as well as meetings with authors and experts. Applications for the stays in 2020 are accepted until 30 September 2019.
The Translators' Collegium has been operating since 2006. So far, namely by the end of 2018, 104 translators from 37 countries came to Cracow (Albania, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Holland, India, Israel, Japan, Colombia, South Korea, Cuba, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Germany, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia , Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, Hungary, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Italy).
During their stays, the translators worked, inter alia, on the new translations of many works: English Zemsta (Vengeance) by Aleksander Fredro (Philip Boehm), Dutch Lalka (The Doll) by Boleslaw Prus (Karol Lesman), Bulgarian Moje słuszne poglądy na wszystko (My Correct Views on Everything) by Leszek Kołakowski (Pravda Spasova), Japanese Tygrys i Róża (Tiger and Rose) by Małgorzata Musierowicz (Kazuko Tamura), Spanish Historia myśli filmowej (TheHistory of Film Thought) by Helman and Ostaszewski (Desiderio Navarro), Ukrainian Szkice krytyczne (Critical Sketches) by Brunon Schulz (Andriy Pavlyshyn), Italian Nocni wędrowcy (The Night Wanderers) by Wojciech Jagielski (Marzena Borejczuk), Finnish Miecz przeznaczenia (Sword of Destiny) by Andrzej Sapkowski (Tapani Kärkkäinen), Latvian Ferdydurke by Witold Gombrowicz (Ingmara Balode), French Widnokrąg (Horizon) by Wiesław Myśliwski (Margot Carlier), Korean short stories by Stanisław Lem (Jiwone Lee), Turkish play Fortynbras się upił (Fortinbras got drunk) by Janusza Głowackiego (Neşe Taluy Yüce), Chinese Podróże z Herodotem (Travels with Herodotus) by Ryszard Kapuściński (Wu Lan), Czech Paw królowej (The Queen’s Peacock)by Dorota Masłowska (Barbora Gregorová), Hungarian Dzienniki (Diaries) by Witold Gombrowicz (Andras Palyi), Vietnamese Lubiewo (Lovetown) by Michał Witkowski (Nguyen Thi Thanh Thu), French Księgi Jakubowe (The Books of Jacob) by Olga Tokarczuk (Maryla Laurent), Georgian Modlitwa o deszcz (Praying for Rain) by Wojciech Jagielski (Ambrosi Grishikashvili), Hungarian Księgi Jakubowe (The Books of Jacob) by Olga Tokarczuk (Gabor Korner), Japanese Niesamowita opowieść (Incredible Story) by Stefan Babiński (Ayano Shibata), German Droga 816 (Route 816) by Michał Książek (Renate Schmidgall), Slovakian Cesarz (The Emperor) by Ryszard Kapuściński (Patrik Oriešek) an many, many others.
Rules and regulations:
The study stay programme of the Translators' Collegium is addressed to all translators of Polish literature, both those with great achievements as well as beginners.
The candidate must have at least one translated text published in print or in a serious internet publication. The candidates may apply for a one-month stay. It is a typical creative stay, the only possible obligation of the translator is a lecture at the Jagiellonian University. The translators are accommodated at the creative work houses at the Polish Book Institute at 6 Wróblewskiego Street (Krakow) and 1/68 Górskiego Street (Warsaw).
Within the study stay, the participant receives:
• reimbursement of travel costs (return trip),
• fee (70 PLN a day),
• access to the Internet; help in organising meetings with publishers or writers as part of a project carried out by a translator.
The translator is obliged to prepare a report on the study stay, which will serve the organisers in their further activities promoting the Translator's Collegium (for example its publication in part or in full).
At the request of the organisers, a translator is obligated to conduct a series of workshops on translation or deliver a lecture for the students of philology at the Jagiellonian University or UNESCO Chair for Translation Studies and Intercultural Communication of the Jagiellonian University. The subject is determined together with the translator and the organisers.
The rules of a candidate’s application:
The Candidates apply for themselves and submit the following documents (all sent by e-mail):
- Resume (date of birth, place of residence, education, professional activity)
- Full list of published translations (and possibly other publications)
- Brief description of the work planned for the study stay (namely on which translation the Candidate will be working during their stay, what kind of research/searches/consultations are needed, etc. Only the projects related to the translations of specific works will be taken into consideration and not, for example, research projects or scientific projects, etc.)
- Information about preferred dates and the length of the stay
- Information about a preferred subject of the lecture/classes for students
- Alternatively: a recommendation (by translator with significant achievements, publisher, Polish philologist, cultural institution, Polish diplomatic post, academic centres)
ATTENTION!
We're changing the deadline for submitting applications for the Translators' Collegium! Applications for the stays in 2020 are accepted until 30 September 2019 and should be sent to: e.wierzchowska@instytutksiazki.pl
Contact person: Elżbieta Wierzchowska-Ziobro
Translators who have been to the Translators' Collegium cannot apply for another stay for the next two years.