Reference Works
Literary Awards
Literary Translation: Poetry
Poetry Translation Centre
Supported by the Arts Council England.
Poetry Foundation
Publisher of Poetry magazine, contains a number of essays on literary and poetic translation. Search for "translation."
Poets.org
Part of the American Academy of Poets, their site contains an extensive library of translated texts, essays on translation, as well as lesson plans for educators.
Literary Translation Search Terms
Try searching PrimLibrary Catalog using the following subject terms:
Translating and interpreting.
Translating and interpreting - Periodicals.
Literature - Translations - History and criticism.
Professional Organizations
American Literary Translators Association
- Newsletter: ALTA Newsletter, Print 1986-Present (UIUC)
PEN American Center Translation Committee
- The PEN American Center is an association of writers working to advance literature, defend free expression, and foster international literary fellowship. Its translation committee's website offers information on translation awards, a space to recommend books for translation, and a translation handbook.
- Words without Borders is an excellent source of contemporary translations, releasing a monthly publication and regular dispatches.
Literary Translation
Translation and Literature is an interdisciplinary scholarly journal focusing on English Literature in its foreign relations. It embraces responses to all other literatures in the work of English writers, including reception of classical texts; historical and contemporary translation of works in modern languages; history and theory of literary translation, adaptation, and imitation.
A journal of the American Literary Translators Association, Translation Review is unique in the English-speaking world. While many literary journals publish translations of the works of international authors in English translation, Translation Review focuses on the theoretical, critical, practical, and cultural aspects of transplanting a literary text from one language into another
Freely Available Online Literary Magazines
Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature
eXchanges: the University of Iowa's literary e-journal.