TRANSLATION COMPETITION ANNOUNCED

The Messenger, Georgia
Nov 20 2006

The Deer Leap fund and State Language Department have announced
a translation competition for ethnic minority students, reports
newspaper Sakartvelos Respublika.

Young translators from Georgia’s Armenian and Azeri schools will be
asked to translate a poem from Azeri or Armenian into Georgian.

Azeri pupils will translate a poem by Azeri poet Valeh Hajiev and
Armenian pupils will translate Vahan Terian’s poetry.

In another part of the competition, famous Georgian poetry is to be
translated into Armenian and Azeri. For this component, well-loved
Georgian poet Galaktion Tabidze’s The Wind Blows has been selected.

The top three entrants will receive special prizes, including personal
computers, electronic equipment and book tokens. The deadline for
accepting translations is December 10.