Translating Journalism: Between Languages, Across Borders

How do we translate the world in all its depth and complexity? Long-form reportage and analysis demand not only accuracy but also the careful transmission of voice, rhythm and nuance. In a moment of intensifying global crises and contested narratives, the act of translating reportage and analysis becomes not only a question of language, but also one of responsibility, representation and power.

This online talk will consider the possibilities – and limits – of translating journalism. What are the ethical and stylistic differences between rendering a piece of journalism versus a work of literature? How can translation counter Anglophone bias and open up new ways of understanding the world?

The Translator magazine editorial team will be joined by translators and contributors from Issue #1, who will reflect on their own experiences of translating reportage. Together, we will explore how global journalism can move across borders without losing sight of voice, clarity or truth.

Registration is free and open to anyone interested in reading the world differently, whether you speak one language or five.

There is also two paid ticket options available for attendees with a UK address:

• £10 Ticket: includes registration for the online talk plus a copy of Translator Issue #1 sent to your UK address.
• £15 Ticket: includes registration for the online talk plus our Translator Issue #1 & Tote Bundle at a special price of £15 (RRP £20), sent to your UK address.

Please note: For paid tickets, you will be prompted to input your UK address at checkout.

For attendees that live outside the UK - you can still purchase a copy of Translator Issue #1 directly from our website for international delivery. We also still want you to be able to access our Special Price Copy of Translator Issue #1 & Tote Bundle - all attendees will receive an email after the event with a unique code to redeem at checkout on our website.

ABOUT TRANSLATOR MAG

Translator is a new magazine of translated journalism and reportage from around the world, for the open-minded and the language-curious.

The first issue is a result of collaboration between the small core team in London and an international network of journalists, writers, translators, photographers and publishers.

Inside, you will find award-winning journalist, author and content creator Sophia Smith Galer on the rise of linguistic nativism in the United States, the word on the street from locals in Medellín, N’Djamena and Mbabane, Theo Merz on Russia’s war against minority languages, and photographer Hassan Kamil’s visual essay from Sudan.

The core of the magazine is reportage from the best publications beyond the Anglosphere, translated into English: a mesmerising feature about an environmental crime in Patagonia; an investigative piece about Cambodian cyber-scam compounds; an article from one of the Middle East’s leading independent media outlets, based in Beirut; and more.

ISSUE #1 - JUNE 2025

Editor: Charles Emmerson

Co-editors: Maximiliane Leuschner, Trà My Hickin, Zanta Nkumane

Art direction and design: magCulture Studio

Contributing editors: Sophia Smith Galer, Isabel Jacobs, Theo Merz, Odhran O’Donoghue, Tanjil Rashid, Jeevan Ravindran, Bartolomeo Sala, Kin Long Tong

Distribution: Public Knowledge Books

RRP: £12

CONTRIBUTORS

Somnath Bhatt / Jen Calleja / Lisa Carpagnano / Elio Ferrario / Paulina Guisao Marin / Gregor Hens / Hassan Kamil / Qondile Maseko / Lily Meyer / Elete Nelson-Fearon / Aboubakar Nour / Paul Russell-Garrett / Buddhika Samaraweera / Ali Sargent / Sapphire Stewart / Tina Tona / and more