To celebrate International Translation Day, the Portuguese Translators’ Association (APT) awarded two literary translation prizes to two translators who employed their talent and sensitivity to produce new translations of two of the greatest works of literature: James Joyce’s Ulysses (translated by Jorge Vaz de Carvalho) and Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities (translated by Paulo Faria).

The prizewinners: Paulo Faria (left) and Jorge Vaz de Vasconcelos (right).

A special ceremony was held to award the prizes.

The publisher, Relógio D’Água, even printed the translators’ names on the covers of the books – a rare thing in Portugal.