Ilze Duarte Literary Translator
Resources For Literary Translators
Reviewing Translations
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At the 2026 conference of the American Literary Translators Association, I joined George Henson, Stiliana Milkova, Emma Murray, and D. P. Snyder on a panel titled Translators Reviewing Translators: The Give and Take of Giving Back. These colleagues and I believe translators are best equipped to provide reviews of translated literature that address the translator's work thoughtfully and critically, going far beyond merely naming the translator or reducing the quality of the translator's work to a single expression such as "expertly translated by," as has been commonly done. D. P. Snyder and I compiled a list of resources to share with our panel attendees, and I am pleased to share it now with you.
Readings
These are available online with no paywall.
Reading in Translation Contributor Guidelines (provided to contributors upon receipt of the pitch)
Reviewing Literature in Translation: A Flowchart of Complications by Chad Post
The Georgia Review Poetry Critics Program
The Little Magazines Should Review More Books
The Translation Review: Why it Matters and How to Do It Right
Review venues
Read their submission guidelines. Do they want pitches or full reviews? Do they pay? (I am including this question because I think this information is useful to know. I don't mean to discourage anyone from submitting a review to a non-paying market.)
Cable Street
Cleaver Magazine
The Massachusetts Review
The Common
Hopscotch Translation
Latin American Literature Today
Reading in Translation
The Georgia Review
The Lost Angeles Review of Books
The Transformation Review
Words Without Borders
World Literature Today
Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas
Translation Review (University of Texas/Routledge)
Booklist (American Library Assoc.): apply to join the roster of reviewers by contacting the reviews editor
The Rumpus, J. Brooke Reviews editor
Hamilton Review of Books (Canadian reviewers only)
The Bloomsbury Review (paying venue)
The Malahat Review (Canadian authors only)
London Review of Books
Parabola Quarterly (theme-oriented reviews)
Briarpatch
Broad Ripple Review (BRR Blog)
Alina Stefanescu’s website (but note that some venues listed are no longer available, such as The Gettysburg Review)
Workshops
These links will show past dates, but the workshops are likely to be offered again.
Developing Your Critical Voice with the Book Review, three-hour workshop led by Asa Drake