University of Warwick Undergraduate Translation Prize 2026

Congratulations to our 2026 winners!

We were thrilled to receive so many high-quality entries, demonstrating excellent translation work across the five languages of the competition. With almost 200 entrants across the five languages, the competition was fierce! Winners of each language strand are listed below, together with commendations highlighted by our judges.

Winner across all five languages: TBC w/c 20 July

Chinese

Winner: Han Sun (UCL) [read the translationLink opens in a new window]

Commended: Amie Arnold (University of Warwick)

French

Winner: Hannah Dobson (University of Bristol) [read the translationLink opens in a new window]

German

Winner: Eojinsol Jung (UCL) [read the translationLink opens in a new window]

Commended: Rhiannon Hatton (University of Bristol)

Italian

Winner: Timothy Liu (University of Warwick) [read the translationLink opens in a new window]

Spanish

Winner: Eliza Cohen Gregory (University of Bristol) [read the translationLink opens in a new window]

Commended: Megan Watson (UCL), Lydia Challand (Durham University), and Amy Ross (University of York)

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The theme of this year’s competition was Landscapes and the source texts explored themes including nature, travel, and displacement.

Entry was open to final-year undergraduate students of Modern Languages at UK universities – this includes Single Honours, Joint Honours, and any programme in which one or more languages forms a substantial component. The competition this year was for translation from Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish into English.

Separate prizes of £30 each are awarded for the best translation from each language, with a prize of £75 for the best overall translation.

Judging

Submissions were judged by colleagues across language departments in our School of Modern Languages and Cultures, including staff teaching on the MA in Translation and Cultures. Particular attention was paid to sensitivity to nuance in the source text, and to creative and effective use of the target language.

Congratulations to all winning and commended translators, and thank you to everyone who took part this year. We are also very grateful to our sponsors for their support.