Submission Start Date
Submission End Date
Award Recipients
2023
Yevheniia Dubrova
2022
Sam Hankins
2021
None Awarded
2019
None Awarded
2020
None Awarded
2019
None Awarded
2018
Devin Gilbert
2017
Delaney Swink
2016
None Awarded
2015
None Awarded
2014
None Awarded
2013
Christina Lowry
2012
Eyal Sherf
2011
None Awarded
2010
Sarah Puchner
2009
None Awarded
2008
Clinton Pechacek and Heather Outland
2007
T. Alexis Crowell
2006
None Awarded
2005
Karen Elizabeth Rembold
2004
None Awarded
2003
Jennifer Grotz
2002
None Awarded
2001
Aaron Crippen
2000
Jessica Cohen
1999
Jartu Gallashaw Toles
1998
Sonya Eremenco
1997
Ruth Lyon Fuchs
1996
Thomas G. Morgan
1995
None Awarded
1994
Paula Haydar
1993
Hilary Weiss
1992
Dana Loewy
1991
Lisa Sapinkopf
1990
Edwidge Danticat
1989
Denise Guidotti
1988
John Berks
1987
Tracy Tyson
1986
Gabriela Mahn and David Vandenberg
1985
Susan Phillips and Stephanos Stephanides
1984
Julie Iezzi
ATA awards a grant-in-aid to a student for a literary or sci-tech translation or translation-related project. The project, which may be derived from any facet of translation studies, should result in a project with post-grant applicability, such as a publication, a conference presentation, or teaching materials. Computerized materials are ineligible, as are dissertations and theses. Translations must be from a foreign language INTO ENGLISH. Previously untranslated works are preferred.
How to Apply
Eligibility
The award, to be presented at the ATA Annual Conference, is open to any graduate or undergraduate student, or group of students, attending an accredited college or university in the U.S. Preference will be given to students who have been or are currently enrolled in translator training programs. Students who have already published translations are ineligible. No individual student may submit more than one entry.
Application
Applicants must submit the following:
- Student Translation Award Entry Form
- Project Description (not to exceed 500 words) If the project is a translation, the description must present the work in its context and include a substantive statement of the difficulties and innovations involved in the project and the post-competition form the work will take.
- Statement of Support This letter must be from the faculty member who is supervising the project. It should demonstrate the supervisor’s intimate familiarity with the student’s work and include detailed assessments of the project’s significance and of the student’s growth and development in translation.
- Translation Sample If the project involves an actual translation, a translation sample of not less than 400 and not more than 500 words, together with the corresponding source-language text, must accompany the application. The translation sample may consist of two or more separate passages from the same work. For poetry, the number of words must total at least 300.
Award
- $500
- Certificate of recognition (Additional certificates may also be awarded to runners-up)
- Up to $500 toward expenses for attending the ATA Annual Conference
Please send entry to:
Student Translation Award
American Translators Association
211 N. Union Street, Suite 100
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: +1-703-683-6100
Fax: +1-703-778-7122
Questions?
Please contact honors_awards@atanet.org.