The Government entity “The Ukrainian Book Institute” (hereinafter referred to as the Institute) in order to promote Ukrainian literature on the international cultural realm, according to the Procedure of the use of funds, envisaged in the state budget so that the Ukrainian Book Institute could support book publishing industry and promote Ukrainian literature in the world, the Regulation on the Translation Support Program for translations of Ukrainian literary works into other languages (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation) and the 2026 Work Plan of the Government entity “The Ukrainian Book Institute” announces the launch of the support program for translations of Ukrainian literary works into other languages “Translate Ukraine 2026” (hereinafter referred to as the Program) and invites foreign and/or Ukrainian publishers (hereinafter referred to as the Publisher), willing to translate, publish and distribute Ukrainian literary works in other countries, to submit applications for the participation in the Program.

For participation in the competitive selection, the Institute shall consider projects of the translations of contemporary Ukrainian literature or works of public domain:

• written in Ukrainian;
• published by a Ukrainian publisher/publishers as of the date of application;
• to be fully completed and published by the end of 2026;
• to be published with the print run of at least 300 copies.

The applications for projects implemented in the frame of the program in previous years shall not be accepted for consideration in the following cases:

• translations of Ukrainian literary works already translated and published in a particular foreign language in the relevant country;
• translations of works not intended for general public (production and practical, regulatory, reference, advertising, and leisure books);
• translations created (or to be created) via a pivot language.

The applications for the competitive selection shall not be accepted from publishers:

• having violated their contractual obligations to the Institute in the previous year;
• whose ultimate beneficial owners are citizens of the aggressor state, whose founders and/or ultimate beneficial owners have been subject to sanctions according to the Law of Ukraine “On Sanctions.”

Priority directions:

Classical literature, literature by military authors, literature on the Russian war against Ukraine, literature on the history and culture of Ukraine.

More information at https://ubi.org.ua/