{"id":13797,"date":"2026-07-13T11:39:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T09:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/?p=13797"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:39:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T09:39:34","slug":"interview-with-ursula-phillips-literature-translator-found-in-translation-2026-awardee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2026\/07\/13\/interview-with-ursula-phillips-literature-translator-found-in-translation-2026-awardee\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Ursula Phillips, Literature translator, Found In Translation 2026 awardee."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Celebrating a Historic Win<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ursula Phillips is the recent winner of the prestigious <strong>2026 Found in Translation Award<\/strong> for her work on <em><strong>Ice<\/strong><\/em>. This marks the second time she has received this honour, having previously won in 2015 for Zofia Na\u0142kowska\u2019s <em>Choucas<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Found in Translation Award <\/strong>recognises the best English translation of Polish literature published in the previous calendar year. It is awarded annually by a joint jury from the Polish Book Institute, the Polish Cultural Institute London, and the Polish Cultural Institute New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>What You\u2019ll Hear in This Podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Career Beginnings &amp; Motivation: <\/strong>Transitioning from Slavic language librarian to professional translator to make inaccessible Polish literature available.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Translating <em>Ice<\/em> by Jacek Dukaj:<\/strong> Tackling the archaic language, technical neologisms, and heavy Russian influences in this partition-era alternative history.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Focus on Women Writers:<\/strong> A systematic program to translate authors like Zofia Na\u0142kowska, exploring 19th and 20th-century gender and psychological issues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Advice for Translators:<\/strong> Industry insights on translating less widely read languages, refining English prose, and utilizing the Polish Book Institute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/image-23-1024x568.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13799\" style=\"width:541px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/image-23-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/image-23-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/image-23-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/image-23-1536x852.png 1536w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/07\/image-23.png 1945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Ursula Phillips<\/strong> is a premier literary translator and an Honorary Research Associate at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies. She holds advanced degrees in Russian and Polish, alongside a PhD from the Institute for Literary Research at the Polish Academy of Sciences. Her extensive portfolio includes celebrated translations of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Wies\u0142aw My\u015bliwski\u2019s <em>Palace<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Gra\u017cyna Borkowska\u2019s <em>Alienated Women<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Maria Wirtemberska\u2019s <em>Malvina, or The Heart\u2019s Intuition<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Narcyza \u017bmichowska\u2019s <em>The Heathen<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Listen to the episode here: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5qydTQWAmQU&amp;t=730s\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5qydTQWAmQU&amp;t=730s<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Find out more about the Found in Translation Award here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3AtdmdOYUdWVmFEeVRJd2REdzkxc2otbjNNQXxBQ3Jtc0ttMEFOQVAtZWxqXzhZVVI3S0FTOWVDWlFTc2xZeFRjU2JnZW5PTk9QT2VQS21wS3AyaDFSR0VCVEs4Zy10MlBiZ1JES2NkaG5UN2h6VjlNSUdVcWJlRW4ya2MzSGRtTDk2Q3hvbG96NE5uMVBnRC0wNA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bookinstitute.pl%2Fprogramy%2Ffound-in-translation%2F&amp;v=5qydTQWAmQU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.bookinstitute.pl\/programy&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Find out more about Ursula Phillips and her Found in Translation Award for 2026 here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqblFCR3RHRktya0JnR0l4SGxuNVNUZDB6VzZoZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttMDhMcW1hS2ZzcnZDM3FPMUlfNGhWTFhFaDgyYTROWW4yRk5ETlFzTko1OE1rbFJKR2s1M0RxZWxrb1FvOHZLa2VEeXp4T2l5dkFSYmRMRDlENUFGQWpsamFSQWZnN0ZMTHRVc2hGMGZZb2xtczlKRQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Finstytutpolski.pl%2Flondon%2F2026%2F03%2F27%2Fursula-phillips-wins-the-2026-found-in-translation-award%2F&amp;v=5qydTQWAmQU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/london\/2026&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Find out more about Jacek Dukaj&#8217;s &#8222;Ice&#8221; here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHljbDhVdmtzT3cyd2djQUUzZHJXU1lOQVFvUXxBQ3Jtc0tsLXQzMVpLNUpCbXBSd3dzN1V2QW1BcUs5ZTEzbWtZUTZyR1NramYxdmxmaGNidXp0MnpjYUcyVG8wanZ2Y244RUJTWi15UHN3d2Z3VGt6Q29BYk9VS2owUzlsQkJuRENZUTFmU3lDTDR3dlFOcGkzTQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomsbury.com%2Fuk%2Fdiscover%2Farticles%2Finterviews%2Fwhy-would-the-characters-in-ice-think-and-speak-like-shakespeares-characters%2F&amp;v=5qydTQWAmQU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/discove&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@polishculturalinstituteinl7484\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating a Historic Win Ursula Phillips is the recent winner of the prestigious 2026 Found in Translation Award for her work on Ice. This marks the second time she has received this honour, having previously won in 2015 for Zofia Na\u0142kowska\u2019s Choucas. 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