{"id":507,"date":"2015-04-21T12:41:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T16:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/?page_id=507"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:34:45","slug":"translation-prizes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/academics\/translation-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"Translation Prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/translation\/files\/2023\/01\/han-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Han Suyin.\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3021\" width=\"150\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/files\/2023\/01\/han-442x636.jpg 442w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/files\/2023\/01\/han-712x1024.jpg 712w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/files\/2023\/01\/han-768x1104.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/files\/2023\/01\/han-1068x1536.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/files\/2023\/01\/han-1424x2048.jpg 1424w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/files\/2023\/01\/han-scaled.jpg 1781w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/> Han Suyin Literary Prize<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Han Suyin Literary Prize is awarded annually to two graduate or undergraduate students who have produced outstanding translations of a literary work into English.\u00a0 Preference will be given to works translated from Chinese, but translation from other East Asian languages will also be considered.\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/translation-prizes\/han-suyin-literary-prize\/\">Follow this link to learn more about Han Suyin and the prize<\/a>.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/translation\/files\/2025\/10\/fitzgerald_prize150.png\" alt=\"Robert Fitzgerald standing on steps.\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4098 size-full\" width=\"150\" height=\"215\" \/><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Fitzgerald Translation Prize<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Robert Fitzgerald Prize is awarded annually to the winners of a competition for the best literary translations from any language into English. The competition is open to both undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at BU.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/translation-prizes\/the-robert-fitzgerald-translation-prize\/\">Follow this link to learn more about Robert Fitzgerald and the prize.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/translation\/files\/2025\/10\/traum_prize150.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Shmuel Traum.\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4099 size-full\" width=\"150\" height=\"215\" \/><strong>Shmuel Traum Translation Prize<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>The Shmuel Traum Prize was funded by his granddaughter, Aviya Kushner to honor his memory. It is awarded for works in poetry, fiction, or drama translated into English from French, German, or Hebrew. The competition is open to both undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at BU.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/translation-prizes\/the-shmuel-traum-translation-prize\/\">Follow this link to learn more about Shmuel Traum and the prize.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"offset-left\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/translation\/files\/2026\/02\/cervantes-test-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"176\" class=\"wp-image-4545 alignleft\" \/>The Cervantes Translation Prize<br \/>\n<\/strong>Given by the Observatory of the Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures in the U.S. (Harvard) in collaboration with Boston University, the award honors a translation from Spanish into English of works from any genre.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Submit your translation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/translation-prizes\/submissions\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/translation\/files\/2026\/02\/Translation-Prizes-2026-Poster-386x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"649\" height=\"1069\" class=\" wp-image-4535 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/files\/2026\/02\/Translation-Prizes-2026-Poster-386x636.jpg 386w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/files\/2026\/02\/Translation-Prizes-2026-Poster-622x1024.jpg 622w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/files\/2026\/02\/Translation-Prizes-2026-Poster-768x1265.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/files\/2026\/02\/Translation-Prizes-2026-Poster-933x1536.jpg 933w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/files\/2026\/02\/Translation-Prizes-2026-Poster-1243x2048.jpg 1243w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/files\/2026\/02\/Translation-Prizes-2026-Poster-364x600.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Han Suyin Literary Prize The Han Suyin Literary Prize is awarded annually to two graduate or undergraduate students who have produced outstanding translations of a literary work into English.\u00a0 Preference will be given to works translated from Chinese, but translation from other East Asian languages will also be considered.\u00a0 Follow this link to learn more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5202,"featured_media":0,"parent":3952,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/507"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4549,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/507\/revisions\/4549"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/translation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}