Resource List: General Literary Translation Databases and Programs

DISCLAIMER: I take no responsibility for the accuracy or validity of any of these resources. Please do your own homework and use them at your own risk.

General Literary Translation Resources

First, the American Literary Translators Association has a whole set of resources on its website.

Here’s a massive resource list that covers everything from literary events to presses to funding/award opportunities for literary translators. The translator Charlotte Coombe created it with inputs from many, many folks. I’ve barely scratched the surface with it, to be honest, but it looks amazing.

This is another general resource list for racialized translators created by Yilin Wang.

Here’s a terrific Model Literary Translation Contract at the Authors’ Guild. Here’s the story of how it came together: an interview with Alex Zucker at Hopscotch Translation.

There are likely more such collaborative efforts out there. I’ll add them here as I find them.

Literary Translation Programs

American and international universities that offer MA or MFA degrees in translation by Dasha Bulatova at the Center for the Art of Translation

American universities that offer translation programs by PEN America

Literary Translation Journals and Publishers

Journals seeking work in translation: PEN America, Poets & Writers

English-language publishers of works in translation: PEN America, Poets & Writers

Literary Translation Databases

The Three Percent Translated Books Database (maintained by Publishers Weekly now. Funny note: my translation is listed there as “Shehnai Voodoo” instead of “The Shehnai Virtuoso” :))

DISCLAIMER: I take no responsibility for the accuracy or validity of any of these resources. Please do your own homework and use them at your own risk.