Chinese literature translation contest launched
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-09/02/c_132684530.htm
The China International Translation Contest 2013 organizing committee has chosen 30 award-winning pieces of contemporary Chinese short stories from renowned writers including Jia Pingwa, Wang Anyi and Nobel prize winner Mo Yan.
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Participants are required to choose one of the 30 stories to translate into English, French, Russian, Spanish, or Arabic and submit their works before Feb. 28, 2014.
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The top prize for each language will be 5,000 U.S. dollars.
Comments
Who will be the target readers? Some professors of English language or translation teaching at Chinese colleges?
Lao Zhang, September 11, 2013, 11:03a.m.
Here's the contest site for anyone who's interested. I didn't see it anywhere in the article.
zhaluza, September 13, 2013, 3:10a.m.