Uluslararası Çeviri Yarışması Başvuruları - 2026
25.06.2026
Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen, Bulgaria
Vasile Aleksandri University of Bacau, Romania
Atilim University Ankara, Turkey
and
Trakiya University, Edirne, Turkey
Jointly organize an international translation contest
Languages: Bulgarian, Russian, English, Turkish, Romanian
Eligibility: Any student currently pursuing BA or MA degree
Requirements: Any BA/ MA student can enter the contest with one or more translations.
The submitted translations will be assessed by the following international committee (in alphabetic order):
Antony Hoyte-West, PhD – independent scholar, Oxford, UK
Assist. Prof. Rifat Gürgendereli, PhD – Trakya University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Brînduşa-Mariana Amălăncei, PhD – Bacau Univesity, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Dеsislava Cheshmedzhieva-Stoycheva, PhD – Shumen University, Bulgaria
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gökçen Hastürkoğlu – Atılım Üniversitesi, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Hristo Boev, PhD – Shumen University, Bulgaria
Assoc. Prof. Irena Petrova, PhD – Shumen University, Bulgaria
Assoc. Prof. Menent Shukrieva, PhD – Shumen University, Bulgaria
Assoc. Prof. Mihaela Culea, PhD – Bacau University, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Svetlana Nedelcheva, PhD – Shumen University, Bulgaria
Olga Boncheva – lecturer in the College of Tourism at the University of Economy, Varna, Bulgaria
Prof Ayfer Altay (PhD) – Atılım Üniversitesi, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Berrin Aksoy – Atılım Üniversitesi, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Eylem Bayır – Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Education, Trakya University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Müberra Gürgendereli – Dean of the Faculty of Letters, Trakya University, Turkey
Senior Assist. Prof. Diyana Nikolova, PhD – Shumen University, Bulgaria
Senior Assist. Prof. Embie Kyazimova, PhD – Shumen University, Bulgaria
Senior Assist. Prof. Tatyana Terzieva, PhD – Shumen University, Bulgaria
Deadlines: the translated versions of the texts should be submitted by 1 September 2026 to the university coordinators appointed below.
30 September 2026 the best translations will be announced.
5 October 2026 the awards for best translation will be distributed. All participants will receive certificates of attendance.
30 November 2026 the best translations will be published in a collection of translations Bridges of Words II with ISBN.
Requirements to the translations:
!!! The students should include their names, institution, their degree and the specialty along with an active e-mail.
In the Subject section the students should state Translation Contest for Students 2026
The translations should be formatted in Times New Roman 12, justified, Spacing after 6p., Line spacing: single
Coordinators:
EN-BG/ BG-EN Svetlana Nedelcheva (ShU) s.nedelcheva@shu.bg
EN-TR/ TR-EN Berkay Erol (Atilim University): berkay.erol@atilim.edu.tr
EN-RO/ RO-EN Assoc. Prof. Mihaela Culea, PhD (Bacau Univesity): culea.mihaela@ub.ro
BG-TR/ TR-BG Assoc. Prof. Menent Shukrieva, PhD (ShU): m.shukrieva@shu.bg
BG-RU/ RU-BG Senior Assist. Prof. Tatyana Terzieva, PhD (ShU): t.terzieva@shu.bg