There is a growing interest in international children's literature, including books in translation. This is recognised in several prizes, including the

Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation The Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation was a literary prize awarded in the United Kingdom from 1996 until 2017 to the translator of an outstanding work of fiction for young readers translated into English. The award was given e ...

and the ALSC

Mildred L. Batchelder Award The Mildred L. Batchelder Award, or Batchelder Award, is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes the publisher of the year's "most outstanding" children's book translated into English and published in the U.S. The M ...

for Children's Books Translated into English. * Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp - Russian, German, Arabic to English * Sarah Ardizzone – French to English *

Anthea Bell Anthea Bell (10 May 1936 – 18 October 2018) was an English translator of literary works, including children's literature, from French, German and Danish. These include '' The Castle'' by Franz Kafka, ''Austerlitz'' by W. G. Sebald, the '' In ...

– German to English * Simon Breden – Spanish to English *

John Brownjohn John Maxwell Brownjohn (11 April 1929 – 6 January 2020) was a British literary translator. Career John Brownjohn translated more than 160 books, and won the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for German translation three times and the Helen and Kurt Wolf ...

– German to English * Karin Chubb – German to English * Martin Cleaverr – Dutch to English * Patricia Crampton - German to English *

Howard Curtis Howard Curtis (born 1949) is a British translator of French language, French, Italian language, Italian and Spanish language, Spanish fiction. He won the 2013 Marsh Award for Children's Literature in Translation for his translation from Italian o ...

– Italian to English *

Lucia Graves Lucia Graves (born 21 July 1943) is a writer and translator. Born in Devon, England, she is the daughter of writer Robert Graves, and his second wife, Beryl Pritchard (1915–2003). Biography Lucia is a translator working in English and Spanish/ ...

– Spanish to English *

Daniel Hahn Daniel Hahn (born 26 November 1973) is a British writer, editor and translator. He is the author of a number of works of non-fiction, including the history book ''The Tower Menagerie'', and one of the editors of The Ultimate Book Guide, a ser ...

– Spanish, Portuguese, French to English *

Adriana Hunter Adriana Hunter is a British translator of French literature. She is known for translating over 60 French novels, such as ''Fear and Trembling'' by Amélie Nothomb or ''The Girl Who Played Go'' by Shan Sa. She has been short-listed for the Indepen ...

– French to English *

Margaret Jull Costa Margaret Elisabeth Jull Costa OBE, OIH (born 2 May 1949) is a British translator of Portuguese- and Spanish-language fiction and poetry, including the works of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Paulo Coelho, B ...

– Basque, Portuguese to English * Lene Kaaberbol – Danish to English *

Oliver Latsch Oliver may refer to: Arts, entertainment and literature Books * ''Oliver the Western Engine'', volume 24 in ''The Railway Series'' by Rev. W. Awdry * '' Oliver Twist'', a novel by Charles Dickens Fictional characters * Ariadne Oliver ...

– German to English *

Sophie Lewis Sophie Lewis (born 2002) is a British and English track cyclist. Cycling career Lewis became a British champion when winning the Omnium event at the 2022 British National Track Championships. In addition she won a silver medal in the madison e ...

– French to English *

Julia Marshall Julia is usually a feminine given name. It is a Latinate feminine form of the name Julio and Julius. (For further details on etymology, see the Wiktionary entry "Julius".) The given name ''Julia'' had been in use throughout Late Antiquity (e. ...

– Swedish to English *

Nanette McGuinness Nanette McGuinness is an American soprano and literary translator. She is also the co-founder of the Ensemble for These Times, and is a two-time silver medalist and 2018 gold medalist at the Global Music Awards. Early life Nanette McGuinness was ...

- Italian, French to English * George Miller – French to English * Denise Muir - Italian to English * John Nieuwenhuizen – Dutch to English * Frances Østerfelt – Danish to English *

Anna Paterson Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...

– Swedish to English * Guy Puzey - Norwegian to English * Azita Rassi – Persian to English * Betsy Rosenberg - Hebrew to English * Cheryl Robson – Danish to English *

Lance Salway A lance is a spear designed to be used by a mounted warrior or cavalry soldier ( lancer). In ancient and medieval warfare, it evolved into the leading weapon in cavalry charges, and was unsuited for throwing or for repeated thrusting, unlike s ...

– Dutch to English *

Lawrence Schimel Lawrence Schimel (born October 16, 1971) is a bilingual (Spanish/English) American writer, translator, and anthologist. His work, which frequently deals with gay and lesbian themes as well as matters of Jewish identity, often falls into the genres ...

- Spanish to English *

Ros Schwartz Ros Schwartz is an English literary translator, who translates Francophone literature into English. In 2009 she was awarded the Chevalier d’Honneur dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for her services to French literature. Career Alongside ...

– French to English * Fatima Sharafeddini – Arabic to English *

Ginny Tapley Takemori Ginny or Ginnie is an English feminine given name or diminutive, frequently of Virginia. People Virginia *Ginny Arnell (born 1942), American singer and songwriter born Virginia Mazarro *Ginny Blackmore (born 1986), New Zealand singer and songwrite ...

- Japanese to English *

Laurie Thompson Laurie Thompson (26 February 1938 – 8 June 2015) was a British academic and translator, noted for his translations of Swedish literature into English. Thompson was born in York, England, and lived in northern Sweden for a few years. He was t ...

– Swedish to English * John Thornley – Greek to English *

Avery Fischer Udagawa Avery Fischer Udagawa is a translator of children's books from Japanese. Biography Udagawa grew up in Kansas and studied English and Asian Studies at St. Olaf College in Minnesota. She studied at Nanzan University, Nagoya, on a Fulbright Fellow ...

– Japanese to English *

Helen Wang Helen Kay Wang (; ; born 1965) is an English sinologist and translator. She works as curator of East Asian Money at the British Museum in London. She has also published a number of literary translations from Chinese, including an award-winning tr ...

– Chinese to English * Rachel Ward - German to English *

Laura Watkinson Laura Watkinson is a British literary translator. She studied languages at St Anne's College, Oxford, and has obtained some postgraduate qualifications since. She has taught at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and University of Milan. Watki ...

– Dutch to English *

Siân Williams (translator) Siân (also Sian, Shân, Shahn; , ) is a Welsh feminine given name, equivalent to the English Jane, Scottish Sheena or Irish Siobhán. It is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhôḥānān), meaning “Yahweh is ...

Italian to English *

Chantal Wright Chantal Wright (born February 1, 1993) is an American judoka, though she has previously competed for both Switzerland and the United Kingdom. She won the 70 kg categories at the 2016 Pan American Open in San Salvador and the 2017 Pan Am ...

– German to English

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External links

Global Literature in LibrariesOutside In WorldWorldKidLit
(blog and resources pages) *
The Translation of Children's Literature: A Reader
' - by Gillian Lathey (2006) {{DEFAULTSORT:Translators of children's books Literary translators translators of children's books Children's books Children's literature Translation-related lists

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