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Schoolkids will translate The White Nights of St. Petersburg by Geoffrey Trease

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Schoolkids will translate The White Nights of St. Petersburg by Geoffrey Trease


21.02.2017

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Submission of the applications for the Best Translation from English to Russian starts, Year of Literature 2017 website reports. The competition is organized for the 12th time by Rudomino Library for Foreign Literature and The Institute for Literary Translation.

The main part of the competition is to translate a fragment from Geoffrey Trease’s novel The White Nights of St. Petersburg. The main character of the book is a teenager who comes from America to Saint Petersburg in 1916. During the stay he witnesses important historic events, makes friends and finds his first love.

Contestants aged 12-16 years may take part in the competition. The deadline for applications is March 19. The Award Ceremony will conclude the White Nights contest in the middle of April.

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