The 2025-26 edition of the Anthea Bell for Young Translators has commenced!

The Queen’s College Translation Exchange launched the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators in 2020. The competition is inspired by the life and work of the great translator Anthea Bell. It aims to promote language learning across the UK and to inspire creativity in the classroom. By providing teachers with the tools they need to bring translation to life, they hope to motivate more pupils to study modern foreign languages throughout their time at school and beyond.

The Anthea Bell Prize is free to enter and open to pupils aged 11-18 at all schools across the UK. The Prize currently offers French (into Welsh and English), German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian and Spanish.

The Translation Exchange wanted to make sure that this wasn’t a one-off event, but something that could be integrated into the year’s teaching. Before entering the competition, we invite you to prepare your students using their free teaching resources. Registered teachers receive teaching packs throughout the year, in the build up to the competition.

Register here to receive updates about the Prize, as well as access to free creative translation teaching resources.

The 2025-2026 Prize launched on 19 September 2025, in time for European Day of Languages (26 September) and International Translation Day (30 September). The 2025-2026 competition will run from 2 February to 27 March 2026. You can find the names of the 2024-2025 competition winners, runners-up and commendees here.

Information about the Anthea Bell Prize for Schools in Wales is also available in Welsh.

The Anthea Bell Prize left me wanting to delve further into the world of translation and the possibilities that come with it.

– Year 12 student participant, 2024 competition

Find more information and resources via the Translation Exchange website here.