The International Writers and Translators’ Center of Rhodes invites 15 -17 year-old schoolchildren to participate in a literary translation contest.

The I.W.T.C.R. intends to give the youngsters the chance to become translators for a while, to learn how to use the tools of a professional translator and to transport a foreign cultural world into the Greek one within a specific time limit.

The contest will be held on Friday, 12 March / Saturday, 13 March 2010 at 8.30 – 11.00 a.m. at the facilities of the I.W.T.C.R. (10a, A. Laskou str., Monte Smith).

The schoolchildren who are interested in participating in the contest should translate a literary extract from an original literary work of the English, French, Italian and German literature that has not been translated into Greek yet.

Contestants are allowed to use dictionaries brought by them.

The first three winners will get their prize in an award ceremony organized by the I.W.T.C.R. and their translations will be published in the I.W.T.C.R.’s literary magazine “Helios.” The other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation.

For more information or to register for the contest, please contact: 22410-32510, 22410-32520 or : info@writerscenter.gr.