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2017 ATA HONORS AND AWARDS RECIPIENTS continued

2018 Honors and
Awards Now Open!
ATA and the American Foundation for Translation
and Interpretation (AFTI) present annual
and biennial awards to encourage, reward,
and publicize outstanding work done by both
seasoned professionals and students. Awards and
scholarships for 2018 include:
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The Alexander Gode Medal, ATA's most
prestigious award, is presented to an
individual or institution for outstanding
service to the translating and interpreting
professions. This award may be given
annually. Nominations are solicited from
past recipients of the Gode Medal and the
membership at large.
The Alicia Gordon Award for Word Artistry
in Translation is given for a translation
(from French or Spanish into English, or
from English into French or Spanish) in any
subject that demonstrates the highest level
of creativity in solving a particularly knotty
translation problem. Open to ATA members in
good standing.
The S. Edmund Berger Prize is offered by
AFTI to recognize excellence in scientific and
technical translation by an ATA member. The
award may be given annually.
The Harvie Jordan Scholarship is awarded to
an ATA Spanish Language Division member
in good standing to promote, encourage,
and support leadership and professional
development within the division. The
scholarship may be given annually.
The Lewis Galantière Award is given for a
distinguished book-length literary translation
from any language, except German, into
English published in the United States. The
award may be given biennially in evennumbered years.
The Marian S. Greenfield Financial Translation
Presentation Award is offered by AFTI to
recognize an outstanding presenter of a
financial translation session during ATA's Annual
Conference. The award may be given annually.
The Student Translation Award is presented
to any graduate or undergraduate student,
or group of students, for a literary or sci-tech
translation or translation-related project. The
award may be given annually.

For complete entry information and deadlines, visit
www.atanet.org/membership/honorsandawards.php.
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STUDENT TRANSLATION AWARD
Delaney Swink
Delaney Swink is the recipient of the
Student Translation Award for her
translation project from Spanish into
English of Maldito Paraíso (Damned
Paradise), by feminist Chilean poet
Rosa Alcayaga. Delaney recently
earned her BA in international studies
and Romance languages from the
University of Oregon Robert D. Clark
Honors College.
Rosa Alcayaga's work combines
literary and colloquial Spanish, and its
cultural allusions range from Biblicalera patriarchs and resistant women
heroes to Latin American history
and current social-political issues,
including gender violence. "Alcayaga
incorporates Chilean linguistic features,
including contemporary slang, that
pose challenges for translation and push
me to develop my poetic abilities and
cultural knowledge while staying true
to the character of the original text,"
Delaney says.
The project began in the winter of
2017 at the University of Oregon, when
Delaney enrolled in "Bodies Bilingual:
Genders and Cultures in Translation,"
a course taught by poet and translator
Amanda Powell, which focused on
theoretical and practical approaches to
issues of gender and social justice in
translation. It was in this course that she
began translating Alcayaga. Since then,
she has completed six of 43 poems in
Maldito Paraiso.
Delaney's project also received the
Global Oregon Translation Studies
Working Group Undergraduate
Translation Award. The funding will
help her travel to Chile for three weeks
in January 2018, where she will meet
and work directly with Alcayaga on the
project-in-progress.
Delaney is currently an intern at
MAPLE Microdevelopment, a U.S.based international micro financing
nonprofit organization. While at the
University of Oregon, she was a student
ambassador and served as vice president
of the International Business and
Economics Club. She spent a semester
abroad in Rabat, Morocco, through the
School for International Training at

Past ATA President David Rumsey
presents Delaney Swink with the Student
Translation Award

the Center for Cross-Cultural Learning,
where she studied multiculturalism and
human rights. She also spent a semester
at Pontificia Universidad Católica de
Valparaiso in Valparaíso, Chile. She wishes
to work in the nonprofit sector in the
area of advocacy for women and minority
rights domestically and abroad.
The Student Translation Award is presented to
any graduate or undergraduate student, or group
of students, for a literary or sci-tech translation
or translation-related project. The award may be
given annually.
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