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.

Charu Ashirov
Turkmenistan
TurkmenistanTurkmen Soviet poet, writer and translator

George Skenlan
Great Britain
Great BritainHe was a translator for the USSR national team at the 1966 World Cup

Antanas Gailius
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet and translator

Petr Ravich
France
FranceFrench writer, translator, journalist.

William Safire
USA
USASpeechwriter for President Nixon

Walter Hasenclever
Germany
GermanyGerman expressionist poet and translator.

Dierd Faludi
Hungary
HungaryHungarian poet, prose writer, translator.

Diana Lewis Burgin
USA
USAAmerican translator, literary critic and poet

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

Antoine Berman
France
FranceFrench translator

Lassi Nummi
Finland
FinlandFinnish writer and translator.

Frantisek Kvapil
Czech
CzechCzech poet, translator.

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

Miriam Akavia
Israel
IsraelIsraeli writer and translator

Hitoshi Igarashi
Japan
JapanTranslator.

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

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

Sapardi Djoko Damono
Indonesia
IndonesiaIndonesian poet, essayist and translator.

Myrzahan Tnimov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh translator

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

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

Nikolaj Gerbel
Russia
RussiaPoet-translator

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

Fedor Didler
Russia
RussiaTranslator of Russian poets into German

Alan Myers
Great Britain
Great BritainTranslator of Russian literature

Swetlana Geier
Germany
GermanyLiterary translator from Russian into German.

Ivailo Kalfin
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian politician, diplomat

Georgiy Kubatyan
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian and Russian poet and translator

Linas Broga
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet, translator.

Petr Hansen
Denmark
DenmarkDanish-Russian literary figure, translator.

Betty Alver
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian poet, prose writer, translator.

Tadeush Lopalevskiy
Poland
PolandPolish poet, novelist, playwright

Miquel Cabal Guarro
Spain
SpainCatalan translator of Russian literature into Catalan

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

Constance Clara Garnett
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish translator of Russian literature

Muhammad Osman Al-Jalal
Egypt
EgyptEgyptian writer and translator.

Theodor Codrescu
Romania
RomaniaMoldovan and Romanian writer and translator.

Stefan Zertis
Moldavian, worked as a translator for Mazepa

Pietro Umberto Dini
Italy
ItalyItalian linguist and translator.

Vasiliy Anastasevich
Russia
RussiaTranslator and bibliographer

Richard W. Sonnenfeldt
Germany
GermanyTranslator of the Nuremberg Trials

Valeria Matorina
Russia
RussiaTranslator from English and Polish

Jakub Zebrowski
Poland
PolandPolish translator of the 17th century.

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

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

Leonid Dimov
Romania
RomaniaRomanian poet and translator

Bogdan Zadura
Poland
PolandPolish poet, novelist, essayist, translator

Vytautas Bloze
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet, songwriter, translator.

Ryszard Wojnakowski
Poland
PolandPolish translator.

Mikulas Konac
Czech writer