French-to-English Literary Translators
Emerging and established literary translators working from French to English.
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@felttranslators.bsky.social
@wordsorceress.bsky.social
Literary translator (Swedish, Dutch, German and more to English), book reviewer, human rights activist, nature lover #literarytranslator
@jay-king-art.bsky.social
Athens-based British writer, performer and translator. Crime novels, audiobooks, neurodivergence, migraines, bureaucracy, objects of interest, G.O. 💚🍉 I wrote Common Charges, the Exarcheia murder mystery Www.jayking.art
@marenbaudetlackner.bsky.social
Literary translator, amateur musician, feminist, daronne
@ehtranslates.bsky.social
I translate from French & Georgian, but sometimes you’d hardly know it.
@jennyhiggins.bsky.social
Translator from French and Italian - literature, music, history, arts
@chapp010.bsky.social
Poet | Translator | Researcher | Bessettienne. Loving Tallulah Bankhead (Paris Heretics 2022). Quarantine Daybook (Bottlecap 2021). PhD at CY Cergy Paris Université. She/her. IG: @chapp010
@joheinrich.bsky.social
DE & FR > EN translator, Marzahn Mon Amour by Katja Oskamp and more to come! joheinrichtranslation.co.uk
@lisaeditorial.bsky.social
Freelance academic editor and literary translator (FR–EN) based in Toronto with my cats/EAs, Petra and Rufus. Professional member of the CIEP. Founder of FELT (@felttranslators.bsky.social). https://linktr.ee/lisasinclairlinks
@anamzafar.bsky.social
Translator (Arabic/French to English), editor, arts facilitator. OUT NOW: ~ Fearless and Free - A Memoir by Josephine Baker. Co-trans w/ Sophie Lewis ~ Yoghurt and Jam - A graphic novel by Lena Merhej. Co-trans w/ Nadiyah Abdullatif www.anamzafar.com
@terribleman.com
Irish literary translator, editor, writer, advisory editor to the Stinging Fly, and The Paris Review, 2022 International Booker Chair. he/him/oi, you! 🌈
@bethtranslates.bsky.social
ATA-certified French>English translator specializing in advertising & marketing, transcreation, entertainment, and literary translation.
@tinakover.bsky.social
Literary translator Fren>Eng. Albertine Prize winner, Coloradan, naturalised Brit, b&w cinemaphile, Democrat, wearer of red lipstick. Cofounder of @translatorsaloud.bsky.social
@lds-editorial.bsky.social
Multilingual editor & literary translator (Fr<>Engl) Advanced Professional Member of the CIEP. Member of the Translator Association (part of SoA) Fiction, Humanities, FFL and educational publishing. Dream gig: translating lit that represents disabled peeps
@skron11.bsky.social
Writing, translation and psychiatry. Assoc Editor Longform CNF @craftliterary. Translating French-English. Essays, transl. & reviews: @HungerMtn, @pleaseseemelit1, @JAMANetwork, @NecessaryFic, @worldkidlit, @ChicagoRevBooks @mayday.mag . Insta: @skron11
@laurenelkin.bsky.social
Author of Flâneuse, No 91/92, Art Monsters, Scaffolding Translator of Simone de Beauvoir, Michelle Perrot, Colombe Schneck, Constance Debré, Lola Lafon, et al London <> Paris she/her
@racheltranslates.bsky.social
FITI, Literary & creative translator, German & French to English: children's/YA and crime fiction, history; proofreader, bookworm; food, crafts, history; cats; climbing; cycling; she/her; Twitter: @FwdTranslations Mastodon: @FwdTranslations@zirk.us
@janeishly.bsky.social
Literary & commercial translator (Swedish, Norwegian & French to UK English). Proofreader/editor. Writer. Manx European in rural southern Sweden. Gamer. Lefty. Autistic. More than slightly obsessed with IDLES. Buy my book here: https://amzn.to/3ykZYJh
@mbailatj.bsky.social
novelist/translator/reader, here for the sharpened pencils, books & writing talk, for all things language and foliage, for all the shiny things & shadows. (Eng, Fr, 日本語, Ital) Rep'd by Simon Trewin. www.michellebailatjones.com
@sunshineabroad.bsky.social
Bringing the literature of Madagascar into English, one translation at a time. Raising good humans. Teatime is the best time. She/elle
@rolandglasser.bsky.social
Literary translator from French. Founding member of @StarlingBureau. Occasional lighting designer. Flâneur.
@tanyagold.bsky.social
📚 Book Editor, Fr→En Lit Translator, Educator 🍽📖 Working on/devouring horror, SFF, retellings, interactive fiction, comics ✨ Teaching and coaching editors and writers 📘 Faculty @ Emerson's Popular Fiction MFA 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♿✍🏻🎨🇨🇭 www.TanyaGold.com
@libripotens.bsky.social
Professor of translation studies at the University of Geneva and academic translator. Translator history from below. Book due out end 2024: Professional Translators in 19th-c France. Now working on an industry guide for aspiring book translators.
@lauralnagle.bsky.social
🙋♀️: translator, fiction writer, high school language teacher, cat paparazzo, fun aunt 🗣️: English, français, español, Gaeilge ✍️: recently in The Common, North American Review, Latin American Literature Today 🔗: https://linktr.ee/lauralnagle
@louiserl.bsky.social
Writer (Matisse, art, travel, interiors...), translator (French fiction, art, travel, comité Colbert), landlady (retreats in France and Wales). British, Welsh, European, Irish, French (in that order) https://louiserogers.blog
@felttranslators.bsky.social
A friendly international community of French-to-English literary translators, hosted on Discord (previously on Slack). Visit the website to request an invite: https://felttranslators.wordpress.com. Posts by @lisaeditorial.bsky.social.