Work­ing lan­guages: Ser­bi­an, Croa­tian, Bos­ni­an, Mace­do­ni­an

Field of work: lit­er­ary trans­la­tions and some­times – trans­la­tions of vari­ous doc­u­ments for dif­fer­ent trans­la­tion agen­cies and con­sec­ut­ive trans­la­tions

Short bio­graphy: I’m born in Bur­gas (1966), where I gradu­ated Eng­lish Lan­guage School “G. Milev”. I gradu­ated uni­ver­sity “Sv. Cl. Ohrid­ski”, Depart­ment of Slavon­ic lan­guages, Serbo-Croatian philo­logy. I worked as a teach­er of Ser­bi­an lan­guage at the Mil­it­ary School in Veliko Tar­novo, the Uni­ver­sit­ies in Plov­div and Sofia and the Mil­it­ary Academy in Sofia. I’m occu­pied with lit­er­ary trans­la­tions since 1994 and I’m cur­rently a freel­ance trans­lat­or.

Selec­ted trans­la­tions:

• Miroslav Krleža, Banket u Blitvi (Balkani, 2004)
• Antho­logy “Women’s voices in the poetry of the 90s from Bul­garia, Ser­bia and Mace­do­nia”, (Sonm, 2003)
• MIlorad Pavić, Pre­deo slik­an čajem (Altera, 2009)
• Dav­id Alba­hari, Krava je osam­ljena život­inja (Janet-45, 2011)
• Faruk Šehić, Pod prit­iskom, Hit depo, Trans­sa­ra­jevo, Apokalipsa iz Recycle bina (ERGO, 2012)
• Miljen­ko Jer­gov­ić, Mama Leone (Janet-45, 2014)
• Dub­ravka Ugrešić, Baba Jaga je snijela jaje (Pan­or­ama, 2014)

Awards:

• 2010 – Award of Bul­gari­an Trans­lat­ors’ Uni­on for the trans­la­tion of “Land­scape Painted with Tea” by Milorad Pavić
• 2014 – Award of Bul­gari­an Trans­lat­ors’ Uni­on for “bright achieve­ments in the field of trans­la­tion” for “Mama Leone” Milen­ko Jer­gov­ić

Con­tact:

• email: rur2@abv.bg

Work­ing lan­guages: French, Romani­an, Eng­lish

Field of work: poetry, fic­tion, human­it­ies

Brief bio­graphy: Rou­mi­ana L. Stantche­va is a Uni­ver­sity Pro­fess­or, Dr. Sc., at Sofia Uni­ver­sity “St. Kli­ment Ohrid­ski”. She is the author of mono­graphs on Com­par­at­ive Lit­er­at­ure; founder of the Aca­dem­ic Circle for Com­par­at­ive Lit­er­at­ure and its first pres­id­ent (2001–2011); mem­ber of the Sci­entif­ic Coun­cil of the Soci­ety for Stud­ies on the The­ory and Prac­tice of Trans­la­tion (SEPTET), Stras­bourg; mem­ber of the board of the Bul­gari­an Trans­lat­ors’ Uni­on. More here and here.

Selec­ted trans­la­tions from Rou­mi­ana L. Stantche­va:

•  Vic­tor Hugo. Poèmes: Виктор Юго. Избрани творби. Том 7, (Поезия). Trans­la­tion of part of the poems. София, НК, 1990.
• Jacques Prévert. Poèmes: Жак Превер. Как да нарисуваш птица. Bilin­gual col­lec­tion of poems. Trans­la­tion of part of the poems. София, Колибри, 2000.
• Ana Bland­i­ana. Poeme și eseuri: Ана Бландиана. Коридори с огледала. Сб. Поезия и есета. Com­pil­a­tion of poetry and essays, trans­la­tion from Romani­an and pre­face. София, Изд. Балкани, 2005, 312 с. (Award for trans­la­tion of the Bul­gari­an Trans­lat­ors’ Uni­on).
• Dumitru Ţepeneag. La belle Rou­maine : Думитру Цепеняг. Красивата румънка. Nov­el. София, Изд. Балкани, 2010.
• Ana Bland­i­ana. Refluxul sen­sur­ilor : Ана Бландиада. Отлив на смисъла. New poems. София, Изд. Балкани, 2010.
• Gab­ri­ela Adameșteanu. Provi­zor­at : Габриела Адамещяну. Временното. Nov­el. София, Мага уелдинг, 2013.
• Nor­man Manea. Intoar­cerea huligan­u­lui: Норман Маня. Завръщането на хулигана. Nov­el. Изд. Балкани, 2013.

Awards:

• Doc­tor Hon­oris Causa of the Uni­ver­sity of Artois, France (2002);
• Knight of the French Order of Aca­dem­ic Palms (2004);
• Award for trans­la­tion of poetry (Bul­gari­an Trans­lat­ors’ Uni­on, 2006).

Con­tact inform­a­tion: R.L.Stantcheva@gmail.com

Work­ing lan­guages: French, Eng­lish

Trans­la­tion spheres: lit­er­ary fic­tion, essay-writing, psy­cho­logy

Short bio­graphy: Born en 1946 in Sofia, has gradu­ated from an Eng­lish Lan­guage High School (1964) and from the French philo­logy Depart­ment at Sofia Uni­ver­sity (1972).  More than 50 books trans­lated of Balzac, Maupassant, Flaubert, Céline, Albert Cohen, San Ant­o­nio, Jean Jeun­et, Kun­dera, Cior­an and many oth­ers.

Author of three books: Of dip­lo­mats and Men (1998), Domest­ic apo­ca­lypse (2000), So much for Scot­tie (2010).

Selec­ted trans­la­tions:

• Flaubert, Bouv­ard et Pecuchet
• Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Voy­age au bout de la nuit
• Jean Genet, Journ­al du voleur
• San Ant­o­nio, Du Brut pour les brutes
• San Ant­o­nio, Votez Béruri­er
• Albert Cohen, Mange­clou
• Mil­an Kun­dera, L’Immortalité
• Mil­an Kun­dera, Les Test­a­ments trahis
• Cior­an, Cahiers
• Pierre Merot, Mam­miferes
• André Comte-Sponville, L’Esprit de l’athéisme
• Guy Corneau, Le Meil­leur de soi
• Luc Ferry, Appren­dre à vivre
• Simone de Beau­voir, Les Man­dar­ins

Prizes :

The Prize of Bul­gari­an Trans­lat­ors’ Uni­on for:

• Flaubert, Bouv­ard et Pecuchet (1985)
• Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Voy­age au bout de la nuit (1996)
• Cior­an, Cahiers (2006)
• Simone de Beau­voir, Les Man­dar­ins (2013)

Prize Helikon for So much for Scot­tie (2010)

Con­tact:

email: rossi999@abv.bg;

Work­ing lan­guages: Eng­lish, Rus­si­an

Field of work: pop­u­lar lit­er­at­ure, tech­nic­al lit­er­at­ure

Short bio­graphy: Trans­lat­or since 1990

Selec­ted trans­la­tions:

• Bourne Iden­tity, Robert Lud­lum; “Самоличността на Борн”, 1991, Народна култура/Свят, 1996, 2004, Прозорец;
• Road to Omaha, Robert Lud­lum; “Пътят към Омаха”, 1994, Кронос, 2004, Прозорец;
• Sal­mon of Doubt: Hitch­hik­ing the Galaxy One Last Time, Douglas Adams; “Сьомгата на съмнението”, 2002, Бард;
• Uni­corn Vari­ations, Roger Zelazny; “Вариациите на Еднорога”, 2000, Бард;
• Star­dust, Neil Gai­man; “Звезден прах”, 2008, Бард;
• Fra­gile Things, Neil Gai­man; “Чупливи неща”, 2007, Бард;
• The Lost Army of Cambyses, Paul Suss­man; “Изгубената армия на Камбиз”, 2003, Бард;
• Last Secret Of The Temple, Paul Suss­man; “Последната тайна на Дома Господен”, 2005, Бард;
• Freako­nom­ics: A Rogue Eco­nom­ist Explores the Hid­den Side of Everything, Steven D. Levitt, Steph­en J. Dub­n­er; “Големите измами”, 2004, Кръгозор;
• Invent­ing East­ern Europe: The Map of Civil­iz­a­tion on the Mind of the Enlight­en­ment, Larry Wolff; “Изобретяването на Източна Европа”, 2005, Кралица Маб;
• 100 Most Beau­ti­ful Cit­ies in the world; “Стоте най-красиви градове в света”, 2008, A&T;
• Mas­ter­pieces of Mod­ern Archi­tec­ture, Silvio Cas­ara et al.; “Шедьоври на съвременната архитектура”, 2007, A&T;
• The House Plant Expert. Book 2: The Must-Have Sequel to the World’s Best­selling House Plant Book, Vol. 2, D. G. Hes­say­on; “Експерт по стайните растения – 2”, 2006, Гея Либрис;
• The Path to Love: Spir­itu­al Strategies for Heal­ing, Deepak Chop­ra; “Пътеката към любовта”, 2002, 2006, Бард;
• The Sev­en Spir­itu­al Laws for Par­ents: Guid­ing Your Chil­dren to Suc­cess and Ful­fill­ment, Deepak Chop­ra; “Седемте духовни правила за родители”, 2000, 2004, Бард;
• Uncon­di­tion­al Life: Dis­cov­er­ing the Power to Ful­fill Your Dreams, Deepak Chop­ra; “Живот без окови”, 2001, Бард.

Con­tact:

• email: rositsa_panayoyova@abv.bg

Work­ing lan­guages: Eng­lish, Rus­si­an

Short bio­graphy: Born on 15.01.1952 in Sofia; Edu­ca­tion – Eng­lish Philo­logy at Sofia Uni­ver­sity “Kli­ment Ohrid­sky”; Worked as an Eng­lish teach­er for the Min­istry of For­eign Trade,  The Uni­on for Sci­ence and Tech­no­logy; Bul­gari­an Academy of Sci­ences and Private schools. Free lance trans­lat­or since 1980; Mem­ber of Bul­gari­an Trans­lat­ors’ Uni­on since 1987.

Selec­ted trans­la­tions:

• Invis­ible Man by Ralf Ellis­on;
• Short Stor­ies in 4 vol. By Roald Dahl;
• The Sea, the Sea, The Green Knight by Iris Mur­doch;
• Short Stor­ies in 3 vol. By R. Chand­ler;
• The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishig­uro;
• The Curi­ous Incid­ent of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Had­don;
• Two Moons, This is not a Nov­el, Truth or Fic­tion by Jen­nifer John­ston;
• Deaf­en­ing, Requiem by Frances Itani;
• The Speckled People, The Sail­or in the Ward­robe by Hugo Hamilton;
• The Enchanted April by Eliza­beth von Arn­im.