100 Ukrainian books to be translated worldwide with Translate Ukraine 2026 support - UBI
Ukraine will support the publication of 100 translations of Ukrainian books in 33 countries as part of the Translate Ukraine translation projects contest, the Ukrainian Book Institute (UBI) reports.
"This year, 179 applications were received from publishers worldwide—UBI specialists received 18 more requests than last year. 176 projects submitted by 119 publishers from 44 countries passed the technical selection. Based on the evaluation results, the Expert Council supported 100 translation projects. According to the plan, all of them will be released within this year," the Institute said in a statement.
It is noted that the largest number of translations are planned in Polish (9 editions), English (8), and Serbian (7), followed by Czech and German (6 each), and Arabic, French, and Italian (5 each).
"In total, Ukrainian books will be translated into 30 languages. In addition to those mentioned, the list includes Slovak, Spanish, Lithuanian, Latvian, and Macedonian (4 books each); Greek, Croatian, Bulgarian, and Kartvelian (3 each); and Swedish, Azerbaijani, Portuguese, and Bengali (2 each). One book each will be published in Finnish, Romanian, Hebrew, Japanese, Estonian, Hungarian, Danish, Albanian, and Bosnian," the UBI said.
The Institute noted that foreign publishers were most interested in the book about the modern war "Hemingway Knows Nothing" by Artur Dron; it will be published in Swedish, Polish, Lithuanian, English, Slovak, Georgian, French, and Portuguese.
Additionally, Illarion Pavliuk’s mystical detective "I See You Are Interested in Darkness" will be available to Finnish, Czech, Polish, Romanian, and Azerbaijani readers, while Sofia Andrukhovych’s "Amadoka" is set to be published in French, Spanish, Lithuanian, and Azerbaijani.
A detailed list of the winning projects can be found at the following link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LqUVQOfAiPASGYxuIpLqJwjTnj3giqZsaIOWIYO2eRg/edit?gid=0#gid=0
As reported, 75 new translations of Ukrainian books appeared under the Translate Ukraine 2025 program.