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Overseas Translation Workshop Program for 2018
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  • Date2017-11-23
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Overseas Translation Workshop Program for 2018

 

LTI Korea organizes translation workshops at prestigious foreign universities with Korean literature or Korean studies programs to help foster and encourage potential translators of Korean literature. We are now accepting applications to the program for 2018.

 

1. Target Language: All languages

 

2. Number of Recipients: around 7 universities

    ※ The number of recipients can differ depending on circumstances.

 

3. Eligibility

Universities with faculties who can guide the translation of the Korean short-story or poem into the target language and at least 5 bachelor's or master's students with sufficient proficiency in Korean to be able to translate it.

 

4. Grant Details: Faculty fees, Coordinator fees, Running costs

  1) Funding to organize a translation workshop in which students meet once a week for 12 weeks to translate a Korean short-story or poem.

  2) Funding to invite the author of the story/poem to participate in a 2 ~ 3day translation session with the participants of the workshop.

  ※ The University is responsible for planning and organizing the workshop.

  ※ Workshop scheduled for the first half of 2018 will be given preference.

 

5. Grant Amount

  1) Around USD 6,000 to cover faculty and coordinator fees, and running costs. The exact amount will be decided after application review.

  2) Additional subsidy for the writer's honorarium, airfare, and hotel charges.

  3) Applications can be made in the local currency.

 

6. Required Documents

  1) An official application form, in either Korean or English, containing detailed information about the desired grant amount, the workhop's schedule, the overseeing department, participating students, the writer, and the story to be translated.

  2) Resumes and personal statements of the participating faculties in either Korean or English(no set format).

  ※ The text should be by a living writer, but must not have been previously translated in the target language.

  ※ Submitted documents will not be returned.

 

7. Selction Criteria

  1) The applying university's ability to organize workshop for Korean literature: the facultie's experience in translating Korean literature and Korean language proficiency of the students.

  2) The Applying university's interest  towards Korean literature and the ability to carry out the workshop enthusiastically.

 

8. How to Apply: Application should be emailed to academy@klti.or.kr

 

9. Application Deadline: December 31(Sun), 2017(Korean standard time)

 

10. Notification: Mid January 2018

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