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

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

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

In this excerpt from Dinçer Güçyeter's autobiographical novel, a kindergartener does his best to support his Turkish ...

the grass from the lawns, herbs from the beds fish, seaweed, the reflections of moon phases from the ponds bushes from the ...

Words Without Borders is the premier destination for a global literary conversation. Founded in 2003, WWB seeks to expand cultural understanding by giving readers unparalleled access to contemporary ...

Words Without Borders is the premier destination for a global literary conversation. Founded in 2003, WWB seeks to expand cultural understanding by giving readers unparalleled access to contemporary ...

"Taiwan Travelogue is a fearless record of a complicated time in Taiwan’s history," writes critic Lauren Yu-Ting Bo.

Tobias Carroll on the five books in translation that should be on your radar this month, from Egypt, India, Poland, and more. What the publisher says: “Viscera: Eight Voices from Poland, edited by ...