Translators share

Learn about the translation process from translators at every level.

Thousand Languages invites all contributing translators to submit a translator’s note or short essay. Ranging from informative introductions, reflections on personal growth, or the process of translation itself, these notes offer a peek into the critical and creative decisions of translation. View the notes by recent interns to gain insight into their process and learning experience.

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Graduate translators' notes

2024

Yaser Alhindi (Arabic)
Biaz Nabilla (Indonesian)

2023

Zhongxing Zeng (Chinese)
Asri Nurul Qodri (Indonesian)
Giannina Masías (Spanish)

2022

Asna Nusrat (Urdu)
Shahzadi Laibah Burq (Urdu)
Zhongxing Zeng (Chinese) and additional note (Chinese)
Asri Nurul Qodri (Indonesian)

2020-2021

Laura Dicochea (Spanish) with additional note (Spanish)
Gina Scarpete Walters (Romanian & Greek)
Ayse Kevser Aslan (Turkish)

"Translating Phan’s poem into my native language felt like an embrace with my homeland."

—Carolina Quintero

"It’s important to me that I have something to show to my friends, teachers, and family back home, many of whom cannot comfortably read and understand literature in English to know what I am doing half a world away from Pakistan."

—Asna Nusrat

"The source language and the translated languages could be seen as petals in the same rose."

—Zhongxing Zeng

"Having the opportunity to translate this piece has taught me just how beautiful language can be and encouraged me to continue improving my understanding of both English and Chinese."

—Andrea Yang

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Undergraduate translators' notes

2024

Chris Hoshnic (Diné)
Fabian M Diaz Chacin (Spanish)
Isabel Haas (Spanish)

2023

Acacia Wastchak (Italian, Spanish, French) and "On Translating into Corsican"
Boi Ngoc Thai (Chinese, Vietnamese)
JP Hanson (Spanish)
Bertha Mia Bazbaz (Spanish)
Andres Gutierrez Vasquez (Spanish)

2022

Sienna Blakely (French)
Camden Beal (French)
Matthew Coffman (Spanish)
Carolina Quintero (Spanish)
Andrea Yang (Chinese)

Independent translators' notes

Shepard Adkins (French)