The Sol Plaatje Prize for Translation is a bi-annual prize, first awarded in 2007, for translation of prose or poetry into English from any of the other South African official languages. It is administered by the English Academy of South Africa, and was named in honour of Sol Plaatje.
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Famous quotes containing the words sol, prize and/or translation:
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my Uncle Sol had a
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—E.E. (Edward Estlin)
“In the corrupted currents of this world
Offences gilded hand may shove by justice,
And oft tis seen the wicked prize itself
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There is no shuffling.”
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—Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 27:6.
KJ translation reads: Faithful are the wounds of a friend.