Ukrainian Book Institute announces the launch of translations support program Translate Ukraine 2023 UPDATED

The Ukrainian Book Institute has announced the launch of the Translate Ukraine 2023 program to support translations of Ukrainian literature into other languages. This is stated on the official website of the institution.

The program is open to foreign and/or Ukrainian publishers who intend to translate, publish and distribute Ukrainian literature in foreign languages in other countries.

As part of the project support, the Institute will reimburse the participant’s expenses for the following:

• acquisition of rights to translate a work of Ukrainian literature into another language and/or payment of remuneration for their use (royalties)
• creation of an object of intellectual property rights – translation of a work of Ukrainian literature into another language;
• publication of a work of Ukrainian literature in other languages – editorial processing, preparation of the original layout, creation of an electronic edition.

The maximum amount of expenses reimbursed by the Institute to the publisher is EUR 8000.

Application for participation in the program was extended from May 19 to June 14, 2023.

The selection of translation projects will be made by the Expert Council. The final list of projects will be determined by the Institute and published on the Institute’s website by June 29, 2023.

For more details on the terms of participation in the Translate Ukraine 2023 program, please visit the website of the Ukrainian Book Institute.

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