Helen Foster Snow Translation Award Competition

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China’s Shaanxi Translators Association (STA) launched the first Helen Foster Snow Translation Award in 2002, spawning biennial competitions throughout China. The award’s purposes are to:  

• Promote mutual understanding and friendship between the peoples of China and the United States;
• Carry forward Helen Foster Snow’s legacy of bridging cultures;
• Increase interest in translation among young people; and
• Find talented young translators. 

The 8th Helen Foster Snow Translation Award Competition is now open. It is cosponsored by the China Cernter for Edgar Snow Studies, Peking University, Southern Utah University (SUU) in the United States, Northwest University (NWU) in China, and Shaanxi Translators Association in China.  

There are first, second, and third place winners in multiple divisions. Southern Utah University offers one tuition scholarship for the top Chinese winner in the competition; Northwest University offers a tuition scholarship to the top American winner. Other winners are offered priority admission to the postgraduate Master of Translation and Interpretation program at the School of Foreign Languages at Northwest University.