European translation prize - Organizational rules

(90/C 35/05)

Aims and conditions

1. An annual prize will be awarded to a translator for an outstanding translation of a significant work of contemporary European Literature (1); the prize will be awarded for a translation published in the three years preceding the opening date for the submission of entries.

2. Candidates should be nationals of a Member State of the European Community. However, nationals of European countries which are not members of the Community are also eligible, in conformity with the resolution of 18 May 1989 concerning books and reading (2).

3. The translation should be submitted in one of the official languages of the European Community (3).

Amount

A prize of ECU 20 000 will be awarded to the translator.

Organization

1. Each Member State may select up to three translations for consideration by the European jury. It will be for each Member State to determine the selection procedure for this purpose.

2. The selected translations will be made public by the Secretariat referred to in 4 below.

3. The European jury will comprise nine members, who will be chosen each year by the Commission acting on the basis of proposals from the Member States and on the advice of the Committee on Cultural Affairs. A member's term of office may be renewed no more than twice.

4. The decision of the jury is final. It will establish its own rules of procedure.

5. The independent Secretariat entrusted by the Commission with the administration of the European Literary Prize will also be responsible for administering the European Translation Prize.

6. The authorities of the Member State hosting the European City of Culture will submit to the Committee on Cultural Affairs the timetable for the procedures relating to the award of the prize, in particular: the opening date, the deadline for Member States' submission of the three translations to the European jury, the deadline for forming the European jury and the date of the prize-giving ceremony.

7. Before 30 June 1992 the Committee on Cultural Affairs will examine, in the light of experience gained, any adjustments to these arrangements that it considers necessary.

8. The Commission will publish these arrangements for the European Translation Prize in the Official Journal of the European Communities for information.

(1) The work may belong to any literary genre, e.g. novel, short story, drama, essay, poetry, etc.

(2)Such entries will be included in the lists of translations submitted by the Member States of the Community (see below: 'Organization`).

(3)As the Treaties of the European Communities are also drawn up in Irish, translations into this language may also be submitted.