Translation Grants Available from the Yiddish Book Center

This just in from the Yiddish Book Center:

The Yiddish Book Center will award two grants of $1,000 each for the translation into English of a Yiddish text, from any genre. 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.”

The grant offering is part of a larger translation program at the Yiddish Book Center, including a translation conference, workshops, and plans for new web-based resources.

Application deadline is June 1. To learn more and apply:
http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/translation-grant-program

(I’m looking forward to hearing more about the “larger translation program”!)