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face="Times New Roman">Yiddish Book Center announces Translation Grant
Program:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">A new initiative to encourage and support Yiddish
translation<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT">Amherst, MA, April 2011</SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; mso-fareast-language: JA">. The Yiddish Book Center will
award two grants of $1,000 each for the translation to English of a Yiddish
text, from any genre. The Book Center has launched this new initiative in order
to encourage and support Yiddish
translation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">According to Aaron Lansky, president and founder of the
Yiddish Book Center, “less than 2% of Yiddish titles have been translated into
English. Most of Yiddish literature is still inaccessible to English readers.
The only answer is to train and mobilize a new generation of
translators.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The grant offering is part of a larger translation
program at the Yiddish Book Center, including an annual translation conference
(Fall of 2011), translation workshops, and new web-based translation resources.
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Translation Grant proposals are due by June 1, 2011. The
Yiddish Book Center will announce the recipients in August 2011. Submissions
will be judged by Justin Cammy and Catherine Madsen. Cammy is a specialist in
modern Jewish literature and Eastern European Jewish culture at Smith College.
He has translated Hinde Bergner's memoir and works by Sholem Aleichem and Yankev
Glatshteyn from Yiddish into English. Madsen is Bibliographer at
the Yiddish Book and author of the novel <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">A Portable Egypt</I> and two books of
non-fiction and many essays.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Submission Guidelines:
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">* Proposals must include a Statement of Purpose
describing the project and the relevance of the translation, and 1-2 sample
pages of translation from the proposed work.<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">*Applicants may submit multiple proposals. A full
application must be submitted for each proposal.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">* Applicants must verify that the work is in the public
domain, or must secure permission from the copyright holder to publish the
translation.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">* Proposals may be a part of the applicant’s academic
research. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">*The translation must be completed within one year of
receiving the grant. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: TimesNewRomanPSMT"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Submissions must be received by June 1, 2011, and may be
sent electronically to </FONT><A href="mailto:AChristensen@bikher.org"><FONT
size=3 face="Times New Roman">AChristensen@bikher.org</FONT></A><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"> or mailed to A. Christensen, Yiddish Book
Center, <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman">1021 West Street, Amherst, MA
01002.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><SPAN
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face="Times New Roman">The Yiddish Book Center is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to rescuing and distributing Yiddish books and opening their contents
to the world.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Its headquarters in
Amherst, MA, houses exhibitions about Jewish literature, art, film, and music,
and other resources for visitors.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>For more information about the Yiddish Book Center, visit </FONT><A
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