Translation Games

Introducing Translation Games at BGSU!

The Translation Games is a live-action translation competition for teams. Working under an exhilarating time cruch, competing teams will work to translate a text from Spanish into English with an eye for capturing the meaning, with all its nuances, and the style of the source text. In their quest, they are permitted a preestablished list of digital resources. If this quest seems up your alley, you may apply either as individual (to be assigned to a team of three) or you may apply as a team of three.

To participate, send a letter of interest in Spanish to the organizing committee along with a short biography highlighting your experience with translation, if any (none is required), and describing your own Spanish and English proficiency levels. Please submit these materals here. Contestants should have a level of at least thrid year (3000 level) of university Spanish and equivalent English proficiencies.

Questions can be directed to Remy Attig at rattig@bgsu.edu.

Translation Games competition will take place during the 2024 Latino/a/x Issues Conference. All participants must register for the conference at www.bgsu.edu/latinoissues. Registration is FREE for all BGSU students.

Winners of the first BGSU Translation Games will also be announced at the Latino/a/x Issues Conference. The conference will also include a panel of BGSU professors and students discussing their experiences using translation in co-taught classes.

Latino/a/x Issues Conference is happy to host the Translation Games at BGSU. 

Faculty judges will evaluate all the submitted translations and the winning team will be announced at the 3:30 panel on March 27, 2024.