On 22-30 November, the annual seminar “Translating a Book” for young translators of literature was held by the School director Irina Alexeeva in Goethe Institute in Moscow. In rigorous competition (10 candidates per place) only the best were selected to take part in this seminar. The participants came from different parts of Russia: Izhevsk, Krasnoyarsk, Saransk, Saratov, Penza, etc. They came prepared bringing their draft translations of “13 True Stories” by a Swiss author Alex Capus. The presentation of the book and translation readings took place at the Non-Fiction Book Fair on 1 December 2013. Both the seminar and the publication were sponsored by the Swiss Fund “Pro Helvetia”