Good morning and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Jim Ruland, a novelist and punk historian, and although I’m currently on vacation in Colombia, book lovers never take a holiday ...

Chaucer’s Books will host author Suzanne Jill Levine for a book talk and signing of “Unfaithful: A Translator’s Memoir,” 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6 at Chaucer’s, 3321 State St., Santa Barbara. “In this ...

HarperCollins France will use AI to translate romance novels under the Harlequin and Azur series from 2026. The move follows ...

It's that time of year when NPR issues its collection of our favorite books of the year. And every time we do, the number of translated books on the list reminds us that there's a whole world of ...

So many of us writers, translators, and readers are accustomed to the translation process that it can be surprising to learn that the first-ever translation took place more than 2,000 years ago. Or ...

Gregory Rabassa is a legend among American translators. He’s responsible for bringing many of the most beloved works of contemporary Latin American literature into English -- especially authors such ...

“There has to be chemistry,” says the writer and prolific translator, whose second book will come out next year. “You don’t need prior knowledge of, say, Iceland or Icelandic in order to appreciate ...

As someone who enjoys reading and discussing Japanese literature, I have been pleasantly surprised by the growing number of translated Japanese books that have come out in the U.S. in recent years.