Tobias Carroll recommends a dystopian novel from Venezuela, memoirs of imprisonment from Tunisia, Brazilian short stories, ...

WWB staff members on their favorite translated books of the year and the 2025 titles they're most excited about.

Just how broad is a translator's remit? Kotryna Garanasvili calls for "translation-adjacent" tasks to be duly acknowledged.

Words Without Borders is the premier destination for a global literary conversation. Founded in 2003, WWB seeks to expand ...

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Emily Lu is a poet, psychiatrist, and translator from Chinese into English. She lives in Toronto. Words Without Borders is the premier destination for a global literary conversation. Founded in 2003, ...

In this excerpt from Dinçer Güçyeter's autobiographical novel, a kindergartener does his best to support his Turkish guest-worker parents as they adapt to life in Germany. Dinçer Güçyeter’s ...

Frustrated by his congregation’s lack of engagement with his sermons, an imam takes a daring linguistic chance in this excerpt from a novel by Mohamed Akounad. The night fell brutally. It was pitch ...