Book Translation Program

Description

BTP focuses on the translation and distribution of American books in the Kyrgyz language, offers a unique and popular way to connect with Kyrgyz audiences, particularly rural youth, while supporting the growth of the Kyrgyz language across the country. The program helps strengthen relations with local ministries and officials by providing high-quality books in Kyrgyz, the state language. The program helps facilitate outreach to Kyrgyz speaking audiences, which is a mission priority. Goal: Increase Kyrgyz-language speakers’ access to diverse sources of information, including recent research, analysis, and popular contemporary literature by American authors. Priority Themes: FY2022 proposals may include fiction or nonfiction titles and must focus on one or more of the following themes: STEAM: Includes any combination of science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Environmental Conservation: Primarily focused on raising awareness of the need to protect the environment, and how to accomplish that. Particular priority will be given to projects focused on air quality issues. Business Empowerment and Social Entrepreneurship: Includes economic independence, business empowerment, and sustainable development, ideally targeted towards marginalized groups, underrepresented groups, and vulnerable populations to improve the business climate. Civic Engagement and Rural to Urban Migrations: Raising awareness of civic engagement, especially regarding issues related to rural to urban migration, and the marginalization of rural communities. The program objectives: By the end of 2024: 1. Increase access to books in one to two of the priority themes for at least 10,000 Kyrgyz-speaking readers 2. Increase understanding of at least one of the priority themes by engaging at least 200 beneficiaries for through follow-on programming such as workshops or discussion sessions. 3. Increase beneficiaries’ awareness of USG-supported programming opportunities in connection with the following themes, as applicable: STEAM: STEM programs, Maker Space lab activities, inventors’ camps, hackathons, and STEM-themed exchange programs Environmental Conservation: ECO camps and workshops, environment-themed exchange programs Business Empowerment: Business and entrepreneurship campaigns, workshops, etc. Civic Engagement: Community projects. Priority Audience: Primarily Kyrgyz-language speaking young professionals and youth aged 15-35, whose access to information and diverse perspectives is limited by the scarcity of Kyrgyz translations of international publications. Applicants are encouraged to check the list of previously translated titles and may not propose titles already included in the list attached, unless they propose translation into a new format, such as Kyrgyz Braille.

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