ETA SIGMA PHI 

Maurine Dallas Watkins Translation Contests 2004

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Fifty-Fifth Annual Greek Translation Contest

Advanced:  This contest consists of the sight translation of a passage in Greek which is considered within the comprehension of students beyond the second year of college Greek.

Intermediate:  This contest consists of the sight translation of a passage in Greek which is considered  within the comprehension of students in the second year of college Greek.

Intermediate (Koiné):  This contest consists of the sight translation of a passage of Koiné Greek which is considered within the comprehension of students in the second year of college Greek.

 Fifty-Fourth Annual Latin Translation Contest

Advanced:   This contest consists of the sight translation of a passage in Latin which is considered within the comprehension of students beyond the second year of college Latin.

Intermediate:  This contest consists of the sight translation of a passage in Latin which is considered  within the comprehension of students in the second year of college Latin. 

Thirty-Eighth Annual Latin Prose Composition Contest

This contest consists of the translation of a passage of English into Latin.  The contest is intended for advanced students of Latin who are in their third or fourth year of college Latin.  Contestants  may use a dictionary (without paradigms), e.g., Cassell’s.

Prizes

For the advanced contests, including the Latin Prose Composition Contest, first prize will be $75.00, second prize $50.00, and third prize $30.00.  For the intermediate contests, first prize will be $60.00, second prize $40.00, and third prize $25.00.

Eligibility

The contests are open to students in classes in Greek and/or Latin in colleges and universities which have active chapters of Eta Sigma Phi.  Up to three students may enter each contest.

Deadlines

Requests for tests (click here for an application form) should be sent to Professor R. Leon Fitts, Department of Classical Languages, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA 17013, by February 13, 2004.  The Latin tests will be sent as e-mail attachments to the adviser, who may then make as many copies as needed; the Greek tests will be mailed to the adviser.  The tests will be sent in time to be administered during the week of February 23-27, 2004.  Completed papers, accompanied by the identification pages which are supplied in advance, must be returned with a postmark no later than March 1, 2004.  Winners will be announced at the Convention (March 19-21, 2004).