FOR THE LOVING MEMORY OF MS. VERA (FAITH ELIZABETH JOAN) RICH
FOR THE LOVING MEMORY OF VERA (FAITH ELIZABETH JOAN) RICH
TO THE STUDENTS OF THE HRYHORIY KOCHUR TRANSLATION STUDIES AND CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT.
To celebrate the 87th anniversary of the birthday of Vera Rich on April 24th, a competition for the students has been announced. There are two nominations:
1) Literary Translation (from English into Ukrainian);
2) Translation Studies Analysis (in English).
Literary Translation nomination consists in translating the verse ‘Accident of Birth’ by Vera Rich into Ukrainian.
Translation Studies Analysis nomination consists in analyzing Vera Rich’s translation of the poem ‘Neophites’ by Taras Shevchenko.
The deadline for submitting the translations and researches is April 30, 2022, by
6 p.m. The texts are to be delivered to the officers of the Department. Electronic versions of the texts should be sent as WORD files to a.flowers@kingston.ac.uk and to the Department e-mail address perekladoznavstvo@gmail.com. The decision of the jury will be announced by May 6, 2022. The awards will be granted to the winners at the Solemn Academy dedicated to the birthday anniversary of Vera Rich. The event will take place online on May 10, 2022.
The jury includes: prof. N.I. Andreichuk, prof. O.V. Dzera, associate prof. O.S. Hrabovetska, associate prof. R.A. Sytar, prof. T.V. Shmiher.
For each nomination there are three prizes: 50EUR; 30EUR; 20EUR.
Dr. Alan Flowers,
Executor of Estate of Vera Rich
Doctor Honoris Causa, Lviv State University of Life Safety,
Doctor Honoris Causa, International Sakharov Environmental University, Minsk;
Dr. Oksana Dzera,
the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Chair
Lviv, January 4, 2022