This is a list of women translators of literature.
A Sara Aboobacker – translator of novels into Kannada Mana Aghaee (born 1973) Pratibha Agrawal (born 1930) Catharina Ahlgren (1734–) Lidiia Alekseeva (1909–1989) – translated the works of Croatian writer Ivan Gundulić into Russian Francesca Alexander (1837–1917) Acija Alfirević (born 1951) Esther Allen (born 1962) Selma Ancira – winner, Read Russia Prize 2016 Alison Anderson Nadija Hordijenko Andrianova (1921–1998) Anne Milano Appel Sarah Ardizzone Wilhelmiina Arpiainen (1859–1922) Sarah Austin (1793–1867) Oana Avasilichioaei Florence Ayscough (c.1878–1942)
B Constance Bache (1846–1903) Michelle Bailat-Jones Katharine F. Baker Albena Bakratcheva (born 1961) Shakuntala Baliarsingh (born 1948) Solvej Balle (born 1962) Anna Banti (1895–1985) Ilse Barea-Kulcsar (1902–1973) Gili Bar-Hillel (born 1974) Polly Barton Zoë Beck (born 1975) Aphra Behn (1640–1689) Anthea Bell (1936–2018) Clara Bell (1835–1927) Susan Bernofsky (born 1966) Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield (1858–1918) Magda Bogin (born 1950) Marilyn Booth (born 1955) Mary Louise Booth (1831–1889) Antonina W. Bouis Lisa Rose Bradford Anneke Brassinga (born 1945) Barbara Bray (1924–2010) Louise Briggs (1870–1945) Erin Brightwell Dorothy Britton (1922–2015) Natascha Bruce Shelly Bryant Catharina Burea (1601–1678) Dorothy Bussy (1865–1960)
C Jen Calleja Marguerite de Cambis (fl. 1550s) Zenobia Camprubí (1887–1956) Hélène Cardona Nancy Naomi Carlson Juliet Winters Carpenter Margaret Carroux (1912–1991) Lisa Carter Gigi Chang Lucy Chao (1912–1998) Allison M. Charette Anna Gustafsson Chen (born 1965) Chi Pang-yuan (1924–2024) Yukie Chiri (1903–1922) Rohini Chowdhury (born 1963) Laura Christenson Lyn Coffin (born 1943) Jessica Cohen (born 1973) Anne Coldefy-Faucard – winner, Read Russia Prize 2018 Elizabeth Colenso Charlotte Collins (1821–1904) Charlotte Coombe Nina Cornyetz Margaret Jull Costa (born 1949) Patricia Crampton (1925–2016) Ineke Crezee Victoria Cribb Jennifer Croft Susan Curtis
D Anne Dacier (1654–1720) Dai Congrong Anila Dalal (born 1933) Simin Daneshvar (1921–2012) Lydia Davis (born 1947) Sarah Death Katy Derbyshire Katrina Dodson Jennifer Kewley Draskau Adélaïde Dufrénoy (1765–1825) Nurduran Duman (born 1974) Xenia Dyakonova Janina Dziarnowska"DZIARNOWSKA Janina". Polscy pisarze i badacze literatury XX i XXI wieku (Polish Writers and Literature Researchers of the 20th and 21st Centuries) (in Polish). Retrieved 16 May 2025. Marta Dziurosz
E Ellen Elias-Bursac Karen Emmerich Maria Espinosa (born 1939)
F Marcia Falk Jennifer FeeleyWords Without Whttps://wordswithoutborders.org/contributors/view/jennifer-feeley/ Retrieved 27 Jan 2025 Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019) Annie Finch (born 1956) Sheila Fischman (born 1937) Carolyn Forché (born 1950) Maureen Freely (born 1952) Marie de France (fl. 1160–1215) Shelley Frisch (born 1952)
G Amaia Gabantxo Linda Gaboriau Ann Gagliardi Nora Gal (1912–1991) Constance Garnett (1861–1946) Ágnes Gergely (born 1933) Svetlana Geier (1923–2010) Sylvie Gentil (1958–2017) Anna Gerasimova (born 1961) María José Giménez Tatiana Gnedich Barbara Godard (1942–2010) Leah Goldberg (1911–1970) Lili Golestan (born 1944) Ann Goldstein (born 1949) Eleanor Goodman (born 1979) Luise Gottsched (1713–1762) Lucia Graves (born 1943) Edith Grossman (born 1936) Katia Grubisic (born 1978) Lady Charlotte Guest (1812–1895)
H Marilyn Hacker (born 1942) Sonya Haddad (1936–2004) Ivana Hadži-Popović Hala Halim Geraldine Harcourt (1952–2019) Choman Hardi (born 1974) Nicky Harman Michelle Hartman Rosalind Harvey Celia Hawkesworth (born 1942) Lisa Hayden – Read Russia Prize 2016 Matilda Hays (1820–1897) Hélène Henry-Safier – winner, Read Russia Prize 2012 Mary Herbert (1561–1621) Rachel Hildebrandt Cathy Hirano Estella Hijmans-Hertzveld (1837–1881) Mary Hobson (1926–2020) Lakshmi Holmstrom (1935–2016) Anna Holmwood Janet Hong Amanda Hopkinson (born 1948) Caroline van der Hucht-Kerkhoven (1840–1915) Penny Hueston Sophie Hughes (born 1986) Anna Hume (c.1600–c.1650) Adriana Hunter Sawad Hussain
I Jane Ingham (18971982) Nana Isaia (1934–2003) Anne Ishii
J Carol Brown Janeway (1944–2015) Elisabeth Jaquette Katrine Øgaard Jensen Chenxin Jiang Ólafía Jóhannsdóttir (1863–1924) Constance Jones (1848–1922) Kira Josefsson Manjari Joshi (born 1960) Ann Hasseltine Judson (1789–1826) Margaret Jull Costa (born 1949) Rosa Junck (1850–1929), Bohemian Esperantist and translator Kersti Juva (born 1948)
K Hilary Kaplan Jaana Kapari-Jatta (born 1955) Doris Kareva (born 1958) Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp Anbara Salam Khalidi (1897–1986) Sara Khalili Sora Kim-Russell Esther Kinsky (born 1956) Nada Klaić (1920–1988) Rachel Klein Patricia Klobusiczky Tina Kover (born 1975)
L Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967) Maria Laina (1947–2023) Rika Lesser (born 1953) Suzanne Jill Levine Tess Lewis Janet Limonard Sylvia Li-chun Lin Anne Lill (born 1946) Andrea Lingenfelter Clarice Lispector (1920–1977) Antonia Lloyd-Jones (born 1962) Agnete Loth (1921–1990) Julia Lovell (born 1975) Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter (1876–1963) Mary Stanley Low (1912–2007) Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont (c. 1395–1456) Ida Nyrop Ludvigsen (1927–1973) Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley (1537–1587) Joyce Lussu (1912–1998) Mary Ann Lyth (1811–1890)
M Christina MacSweeney Charlotte Mandell (born 1968) Emma Manley Eeva-Liisa Manner (1921–7 July 1995) Canan Marasligil Željka Markić (born 1964) Linda Marianello Farzana Marie Maria Mercè Marçal (1952–1998) Sophie Maríñez Ruth Martin Lyn Marven Eleanor Marx (1855–1898) Melanie Mauthner Bonnie McDougall Megan McDowell Nanette McGuinness Anne McLean (born 1962) Erica Mena Mandali Mendrilla (born 1976) Inga Michaeli Maria Trinidad Howard Sturgis Middlemore (1846–1890) Zdravka Mihaylova Kateryna Mikhalitsyna (born 1982) Grażyna Miller (1957–2009) Diana Mitford (1910–2003) Midori Miura (1947–2012) Cläre Mjøen (1874–1963) Mihaela Moscaliuc Jaroslava Moserová Erín Moure (born 1955) Luisetta Mudie Hana Catherine Mullens (1826–1861) Ottilie Mulzet
N Irina Negrea (born 1952) Marilyn Nelson (born 1946) Mary Ann Newman Lucy North Sara Nović (born 1987) Minni Nurme (1917–1994) Tiina Nunnally (born 1952)
O Patricia Oliver Gemma Rovira Ortega (born 1974) Yei Theodora Ozaki (1871–1932)
P Helena Janina Pajzderska (1862–1927) Mrs H.B. Paull (1812-1888) Ève Paul-Margueritte (1885–1971) Lucie Paul-Margueritte (1886–1955) Charlotte Payne-Townshend (1857–1943) Eila Pennanen (1916–1994) Hana Preinhaelterová (1938–2018) Fernanda Pivano (1917–2009) Laura Poantă (born 1971) Agnieszka Pokojska Marie Ponsot (1921–2019) Allison Markin Powell Alta Price Minna Zallman Proctor
Q Isabel Quigly
R Katherine Raleigh Emma Ramadan Rita Rait-Kovaleva (1898–1988) Bhargavi Rao (1944–2008) Anna Řeháková (1850–1937) Nadine Ribault (1964–2021) Maruxa Relaño Famida Riaz Chloe Garcia Roberts Nancy N. Roberts (born 1957) Angela Rodel Fátima Rodríguez Lola Rogers Louise Rogers Lalaurie Madeleine Rolland (1872–1960) Margaret Roper (1505–1544) Olivia Rossetti Agresti (1875–1960)
S Isabel Sabogal Marta Sánchez-Nieves – winner, Read Russia Prize, 2018 Elvira Sastre (born 1992) Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957) Claudia Scandura – winner, Read Russia Prize 2016 Louisa Frederica Adela Schafer (born 1865) – translated English hymns in Esperanto Daisy Schjelderup (1916–1991) Samantha Schnee Eleanor of Scotland (1433–1480) Marian Schwartz – winner, Read Russia Prize 2014 Ros Schwartz Gail Scott Jamie Lee Searle Kyoko Selden (1936–2013) Danica Seleskovitch (1921–2001) Nava Semel (1954–2017) Ly Seppel (born 1943) Rachel Shapira Iryna Shuvalova (born 1986) Yvette Siegert Sirindhorn (born 1955) Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020) Maria Skibniewska (1904–1984) Rachael Small Nicky Smalley Deborah Smith (born 1987) Hilde Spiel (1911–1990) Nadejda Stancioff Marielle Sutherland, winner of the Stevns Translation Prize Louise Swanton-Belloc (1796–1881) Anna Swanwick (1813–1899) Cole Swensen (born 1955) Fiona Sze-Lorrain (born 1980)
T Corine Tachtiris Niloufar Talebi Ginny Tapley Takemori Martha Tennent Anne Thompson Melo, winner of the Stevns Translation Prize Dorothea Tieck (1799–1841) Beatrix Lucia Catherine Tollemache (1840–1926) Tyyni Tuulio (1892–1991) Margaret Tyler (c.1540–c.1590)
U Avery Fischer Udagawa
V Louise Varèse (1890–1989) Maria Vega (1898–1980) Ngarmpun Vejjajiva (born 1962) Leila Vennewitz (1912–2007) Evangelina Vigil-Piñón (born 1949) Vittoria Alliata di Villafranca (born 1950) Laima Vince Saskia Vogel (born 1981) Larissa Volokhonsky Rita Vorperian
W Martina Wachendorff Claire Wadie, winner of the Stevns Translation Prize Wangui wa Goro Helen Wang Rachel Ward Alyson Waters Laura Watkinson Elizabeth Weber Halina Weinstein Jenny Weleminsky (1882–1957) Reza de Wet (1952–2012) Susan Wicks (born 1947) Celina Wieniewska Marion Wiesel (1931–2025) Sian Williams Emily Wilson (born 1971) Natasha Wimmer (born 1973) Zora Wolfová (1928–2012) Sholeh Wolpé Frances Wood (born 1948) Barbara Wright (1915–2009) Lia Wyler (1934–2018)
Y Gladys Yang (1919–1999)
Z Safrira Zachai (born 1932) Aniela Zagórska (1881–1943) Beryl de Zoete (1879–1962)
See also List of translators Women in Translation: An Interview with Margaret Carson & Alta L. Price
References
External links Some famous women translators of the past - by Marie Lebert