Winners of the Ukrainian-French Translation School

16 January 2025
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The Ukrainian Institute, in partnership with Inalco, the VO-VF festival and the Ukrainian Literary Club, is delighted to announce the winners of the Ukrainian-French Translation School!
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Among the 59 translation proposals for the text taken from the book Twelve Circles by Yuri Andrukhovych, the jury selected 7 winners:

  • Estelle Delavennat
  • Bohdana Korohod
  • Olena Pysarevska

The Ukrainian-French Translation School will last four months and will require active participation and regular commitment. The program includes online seminars with group discussions. Each participant will benefit from an individual consultation with one of the School's professors. The curriculum includes lectures on Ukrainian literature and topics related to the translating and publishing profession.

Participants will translate two excerpts from two works by contemporary Ukrainian authors. Each extract will be 3 to 5 pages long. Participants will receive PDF versions of the books.

The translations will be proofread by a proofreader and will appear in a catalog that the Ukrainian Institute will share with publishing houses and on the institution's website.

The jury was made up of:

  • Iryna Dmytrychyn, curator of the Ukrainian-French Translation School, head of Ukrainian studies, Inalco, CREE.
  • Marie Vrinat-Nikolov, professor of Bulgarian language and literature, сo-director of the TL master's degree (literary translation), Inalco, CREE.
  • Nathalie Carré, lecturer in Swahili language and literature, сo-director of the TL master's degree (literary translation), Inalco, PLIDAM.
  • Mai Lan Vidal, executive director of the VO-VF Festival.
  • Oksana Mizerak, director of the Ukrainian Literary Club.

The partners for this event are: