Katha

translation contest

Translate an English story into a regional language.

We are glad to have you as a participant in the Katha International Translation Contest.

Adjudication: A panel of eminent writers and academicians will judge the translations.

Conditions for Entry:-

The selected English story put up on our site can be translated into any Indian language. Click here to go to story.
All entries should be sent

on the online form.
by email to kathabooks@katha.org
by snail mail to Katha Translation Contest, A3 Katha Sarvodaya Enclave, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110017

• Please send the translations either in text form or MS Word attachments only. Please ensure the attachments are absolutely virus free.
• Please send the entries marked as The Katha International Translation Contest in the subject column for easy classification.
• Please ensure you receive an acknowledgement of receipt from us.
• The copyright for the winning translations will rest with Katha till the award winning story is published.
• Entries will not be returned.
• This entry form, duly filled in, must be sent along with the translation to us. Entries not accompanied by this form will not be accepted.
• To ensure fair adjudication, as soon as an entry is received, it will be given a registration number. The name of the translator will be removed and thereafter, it will be referred to only by the number.
• The last date of sending in the submissions is March 31, 2009.

The results of the contest will be announced two months from the last date for submission. No enquiries will be encouraged before this date.

• Please ensure that you have read and accepted the conditions of entry and filled in all the details before sending in your translation.

I have read and accepted the conditions of entry and am sending in my translation on the basis of this.

Please fill in and send with the translated story:

Name (in block letters)

Story translated from English into

Language translated into

Nationality (in block letters)

Address (Postal and email, in block letters)

Date of Birth

E-mail

Education

Occupation

Problems faced while translating this story [In 200-500 words]

I can also translate from

From______________ into ______________
From______________ into ______________
From______________ into ______________

Details about translations done previously.............

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Three-Braided Curriculum

Scholastic Training: Formal traditional and non-traditional subject skills.
Academic Diploma - NOS Certification Vocational & Entrepreneurial Training: Management, leadership, and entrepreneurial skills. Katha School of Entrepreneurship Diploma) IT Training (Katha IT & Ecommerce Diploma)
All curriculums including life skills to prepare the child for employment and becoming a productive member of family and society.

Key Frameworks

Teacher training: Intensive training of teachers each year, aided by a Faculty Club programme to maintain excellence.
Honing student excellence: Katha's FINGA Principle finds, initiates, nurtures growth and applauds excellence in our students.
Leveraging reading: Developing taste or RUCHI is at the bottom of Katha's reading initiative. RUCHI increases a child's ability to read, use, comprehend holistically and intuit meaning for greater language power.
L.I.F.E. Skills: Lifelong Learning. Income generation. Family wellbeing. Empowerment
C9 Habits: Lifeskils training that excites children to curiosity, creativity and critical thinking.
TAQeED: Teachers Alliance for Quality eEducation

Support Programs

Katha Student Support Center: Supports Katha children who have transitioned into government schools
Maha-Mandal: Mothers association; parental and community involvement
Women's Income Generation Program: Combination of self-help and formal training to empower women. There are more than 70 women's Self Help Groups which work towards their family's upward mobility.
Shop-Keepers Guild: Several hundred shopkeepers participate in personal and community economic revivals. [The last two groups function only from the Katha Lab School.]

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