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Translation

Recent literary translation projects (German / Italian to English). Please get in touch here to discuss any books for which I am currently seeking an English-language publisher.

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Sieben Sekunden Luft - Luca Mael Milsch

Extract of Sieben Sekunden Luft / Seven Seconds of Air by Luca Mael Milsch published here by Asymptote journal (December 2025). Currently seeking English-language publisher.

Non cedere sul desiderio - Linda Farata

'Non cedere sul desiderio' by Linda Farata (short story) to be published in Berlin Babel anthology by V&Q Books, September 2026.

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Schreib den Namen deiner Mutter - Hugo Tepest

Extract from Schreib den Namen deiner Mutter / Write Your Mother's Name Here by Evan Hugo Tepest published on New Books in German website. Currently seeking English-language publisher.

Lügen über meine Mutter - Daniela Dröscher

Translation sample available here for Lügen über meine Mutter / Lies About My Mother by Daniela Dröscher. Currently seeking English-language publisher.

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Untitled film script for Viktor Gallandi and Natalia Sinelnikova

Translation of a new, untitled film script for Viktor Gallandi and Natalia Sinelnikova, acclaimed writer and director of the incredible We Might As Well Be Dead2022. [Script by Gallandi.]

Quell'amore lì - Linda Farata

Extract of Quell’amore lì / That Kind of Love by Linda Farata for Bompiani and available here. Currently seeking English-language publisher.

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Brief Answers to The Big Questions - Stephen Hawking

Translation of additional text and full image descriptions for new illustrated edition of Brief Answers to The Big Questions by Stephen Hawking for John Murray Press.

​Junge Frau mit Katze - Daniela Dröscher

Extract from Junge Frau mit Katze / Young Woman with Cat by Daniela Dröscher for Kiepenheuer & Witsch, available here.

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My translation work in 2024/2025 was made possible thanks to the invaluable support of a grant from Arts Council England, and of my brilliant mentor Katy Derbyshire.

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