Translator
Discover renowned translators who have played a pivotal role in bridging language barriers and facilitating global communication. Explore a comprehensive list of celebrities in the field of translation, including notable authors, scholars, and activists who have made significant contributions to cultural exchange and international understanding.

Tadeush Lopalevskiy
Poland
PolandPolish poet, novelist, playwright

Frantisek Kvapil
Czech
CzechCzech poet, translator.

Fedor Didler
Russia
RussiaTranslator of Russian poets into German

Diana Lewis Burgin
USA
USAAmerican translator, literary critic and poet

Miquel Cabal Guarro
Spain
SpainCatalan translator of Russian literature into Catalan

Ryszard Wojnakowski
Poland
PolandPolish translator.

Petr Ravich
France
FranceFrench writer, translator, journalist.

Alan Myers
Great Britain
Great BritainTranslator of Russian literature

Antanas Gailius
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet and translator

Dierd Faludi
Hungary
HungaryHungarian poet, prose writer, translator.

Ivailo Kalfin
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian politician, diplomat

Boris Brainin
Austria
AustriaAustrian poet, translator of poetry into German.

Petr Ivanov
Ukraine
UkraineCandidate of Philological Sciences (1956). Father of film actor Sergei Ivanov.

Linas Broga
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet, translator.

Wladimir Bienstock
France
FranceRussian-French journalist, writer, translator, collector

Jakub Zebrowski
Poland
PolandPolish translator of the 17th century.

Vasiliy Anastasevich
Russia
RussiaTranslator and bibliographer

Myrzahan Tnimov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh translator

Mikulas Konac
Czech writer

Faber Yakobus
France
FranceHe is known primarily as an interpreter of Aristotle, who made a very valuable contribution to philosophical literature for that time.

Hitoshi Igarashi
Japan
JapanTranslator.

Alexander Zhovtis
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanSoviet and Kazakhstani writer, literary scholar, translator, teacher.

Alexey Artiushkov
Translator from Greek and Latin, poetry scholar, literary historian

John Florio
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish linguist, lexicographer, translator.

Lassi Nummi
Finland
FinlandFinnish writer and translator.

Georgiy Kubatyan
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian and Russian poet and translator

Hans Bjorkegren
Sweden
SwedenSwedish poet, writer, historian and translator

Charu Ashirov
Turkmenistan
TurkmenistanTurkmen Soviet poet, writer and translator

Constance Clara Garnett
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish translator of Russian literature

Betty Alver
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian poet, prose writer, translator.

Valeria Matorina
Russia
RussiaTranslator from English and Polish

Antoine Berman
France
FranceFrench translator

Sapardi Djoko Damono
Indonesia
IndonesiaIndonesian poet, essayist and translator.

Eduard Shavann
France
FranceFrench archaeologist and sinologist, professor at the College de France (since 1893).

Miriam Akavia
Israel
IsraelIsraeli writer and translator

William Safire
USA
USASpeechwriter for President Nixon

Swetlana Geier
Germany
GermanyLiterary translator from Russian into German.

Bogdan Zadura
Poland
PolandPolish poet, novelist, essayist, translator

Muhammad Osman Al-Jalal
Egypt
EgyptEgyptian writer and translator.

Aleksander Livergant
Russia
RussiaLiterary scholar, translator from English, PhD in art history

Nikolaj Gerbel
Russia
RussiaPoet-translator

Jurgis Kunchinas
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet, prose writer, essayist, translator.

Vasiliy Planskiy
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian poet, prose writer, translator, religious thinker.

Pietro Umberto Dini
Italy
ItalyItalian linguist and translator.

Grigoriy Kochur
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian poet, translator, literary scholar, dissident and human rights activist.

Theodor Codrescu
Romania
RomaniaMoldovan and Romanian writer and translator.

Leonid Dimov
Romania
RomaniaRomanian poet and translator

Walter Hasenclever
Germany
GermanyGerman expressionist poet and translator.

Richard W. Sonnenfeldt
Germany
GermanyTranslator of the Nuremberg Trials

Vytautas Bloze
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet, songwriter, translator.