New ProZ.com translation contest: "The Doomed City", source text in Russian
Thread poster: Jared Tabor
Jared Tabor
Jared Tabor
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Jul 3, 2014



Dear ProZ.com members,

A new translation contest starts today, with a source text in Russian: an excerpt from Град обреченный, or The Doomed City by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.

Similarly to the last two translation contests, this is a one-text contest, and is separate from Celebrations, the annual translation contest, which has a Russian source text of its own.

The phases for this contest will be as follows:

  • July 3rd - August 7th: Submissions
  • August 8th - August 22nd: Hybrid (pairs with 3 or more entries move into either qualification or voting rounds)
  • August 25th - September 8th: Finals
  • Winners should be announced September 12th


If you work from Russian, or you know Russian and feel up to the challenge, take a break and try your hand at translating this extract.


See the contest and submit your entry here: http://www.proz.com/translation-contests/

Happy translating,

Jared




"What about a source text in other languages?" ProZ.com translation contests depend on the collaboration of participants in many aspects-- voting, commenting, submitting entries, and also in finding suitable source texts in various languages (especially languages in which no member of the site team is native). You can help ensure source texts in a variety of languages for future contests by proposing a text in your native language. A feature has been created to allow the community to propose and comment on potential source texts for contests. Criteria for suitable contest source texts are also outlined.

To propose a source text, or to discuss other proposed texts, just go to http://www.proz.com/translation-contests/propose_source_text



To stay up to date on ProZ.com translation contests, be sure to subscribe to contest notifications. You can do this from your email settings in your profile or by clicking on the link to subscribe found on contest pages: http://www.proz.com/translation-contests/



 
Sarah McDowell
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Sounds like fun Jul 3, 2014

This is rather exciting - thanks for holding these contests!

 


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