# ACF Translation Prize 2026 - Winners and Prize Ceremony Announcement

ACF Translation Prize 2026 - Winners and Prize Ceremony Announcement at Austrian Cultural Forum, Thursday 29 October 2026, 19:00.

- Venue: Austrian Cultural Forum, Rutland Gate 28, London
- With: Rachel Farmer, Chiara Haefliger
- Go to page: https://www.acflondon.org/events/acf-translation-prize-2026-winners-and-prize-ceremony-announcement/

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This is the prizegiving ceremony for the ACF Translation Prize 2026, an evening of translation, language and literature. It is held by the Austrian Cultural Forum London, whose judges selected this year's winners: Rachel Farmer won Category A and Chiara Haefliger won Category B, with Sharon Howe and Sarah Escritt as runners-up. Twenty-two established literary translators entered Category A with a passage from Birgit Birnbacher's Sie wollen uns erzählen, and thirty-four aspiring translators entered Category B with a passage from Sophie Reyer's Tod bei den Salzburger Festspielen. The evening features a special surprise guest travelling to London from Austria.

## Dates

- Thursday 29 October 19:00 — Austrian Cultural Forum

Written by a model, sources: [acflondon.org](https://www.acflondon.org/events/acf-translation-prize-2026-winners-and-prize-ceremony-announcement/)

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