Nagrada, koju sponzorira britanski dnevnik The Independent, dodjeljuje su za roman živog pisca koji je preveden na engleski jezik s bilo kojeg stranog jezilka i objavljenom u Ujedinjenom Kraljevstvu u toku protekle godine.
The prize, sponsored by Britain's The Independent daily, honours a work of fiction by a living author which has been translated into English from any other language and published in the United Kingdom in the last year.