Publications for Translated Poetry

Poetry in translation does not circulate in isolation. It appears, is debated, and is shaped within a dense ecosystem of magazines, journals, blogs, presses, and criticism platforms that attend to translation as both literary practice and cultural work.

This page is a guide to those publications. It is designed to help readers discover where poetry in translation is published, where translation itself is discussed and critiqued, and where translators and editors articulate their methods, ethics, and commitments.

Rather than ranking or exhausting the field, this page prioritizes awareness and usability. It aims to help readers know where to look, what kinds of conversations happen where, and how to follow translation discourse over time.

Why Publications Matter in Poetry in Translation

For many readers, magazines and journals are the first point of contact with translated poetry. They often introduce poets before book publication, contextualize unfamiliar traditions, and provide space for translator’s notes, interviews, and essays that rarely appear elsewhere.

Publications also shape how translation is discussed. Editorial choices determine whether translation is treated as invisible service, interpretive art, political act, or collaborative practice. Learning where these conversations take place helps readers become more attentive and informed.

Currently listed publications to retain and categorize

Publication	Primary category	Scope	Why it matters for readers
Words Without Borders	General literature in translation	wordswithoutborders.org	International magazine publishing contemporary literature in English translation with essays, interviews, regional dossiers, and book reviews.
Asymptote	World literature in translation	www.asymptotejournal.com	Quarterly global literary journal with translated poetry, prose, drama, criticism, interviews, special features, and a substantial blog archive.
Modern Poetry in Translation	Poetry in translation	modernpoetryintranslation.com	Long-running journal dedicated to world poetry in English translation, founded by Ted Hughes and Daniel Weissbort in 1965.
World Literature Today	World literature and criticism	worldliteraturetoday.org	International literary magazine publishing poetry, fiction, essays, interviews, reviews, translation commentary, and student translation prizes.
Poetry International	International poetry platform	www.poetryinternational.com	Poetry platform featuring poems, translations, poet profiles, country pages, festival contexts, and multilingual publication histories.
Latin American Literature Today	Regional world literature	latinamericanliteraturetoday.org	Multilingual journal focused on Latin American literature, with original Spanish, Portuguese, and Indigenous-language work alongside English translation.
Warscapes	Political world literature	warscapes.com	Archive and magazine space for global literature, conflict, culture, and politically engaged translated writing.
The White Review	International literary magazine	www.thewhitereview.org	Archive of fiction, poetry, interviews, essays, and international writing. Check current publication status before presenting it as active.
The Arkansas International	International literary journal	arkansasinternational.org	Translation-forward journal publishing international poetry, fiction, essays, interviews, and visible translator presence.
Waxwing	Literary journal with translator notes	waxwingmag.org	Strong archive of poetry in translation and translator notes, especially useful for studying translator craft.
Kenyon Review	Major literary magazine	kenyonreview.org	Publishes poetry, prose, essays, translation features, and criticism that can place translation inside a broader literary conversation.
Los Angeles Review of Books	Review and criticism platform	lareviewofbooks.org	Strong venue for reviews, essays, interviews, and theoretical conversations around world literature and translation.
The Common	Place-based literary magazine	www.thecommononline.org	Publishes place-attentive international writing and translated portfolios, often with geographic and editorial context.
Poetry Foundation	Poetry resource and magazine archive	www.poetryfoundation.org	Hosts Poetry magazine, translator notes, essays, poems in translation, and criticism for general and scholarly readers.
Poets.org	Poetry resource platform	poets.org	Includes poems, essays, interviews, and Academy of American Poets resources that occasionally foreground translation.
PN Review	Poetry review	pnreview.co.uk	UK-based poetry review with international criticism, essays, translations, and long-form literary argument.
New England Review	Literary magazine	nereview.com	Publishes translated poetry and prose with occasional translator framing and international dossiers.
Yale Review	Literary review	yalereview.org	Major literary review that publishes poetry, essays, criticism, and occasional international and translated work.
ArabLit and ArabLit Quarterly	Arabic literature in translation	arablit.org	Essential platform for Arabic literature in translation, including poetry, interviews, book news, criticism, and quarterly themed issues.
Korean Literature Now / KLWAVE	Korean literature abroad	klwave.or.kr/klw/magazines/issuesList.do	LTI Korea magazine and webzine introducing Korean literature to overseas readers through poems, fiction, reviews, interviews, and translator context.
Chinese Literature Today	Chinese literature in translation	www.tandfonline.com/journals/uclt20	Journal for contemporary Chinese literature and culture in English translation, including poetry and critical essays.
EuropeNow	European culture and literature	www.europenowjournal.org	Journal of European culture with essays, reviews, interviews, and occasional translated poetry or translation-focused features.
Action Books Blog	Experimental translation discourse	actionbooks.org	Publisher blog and archive for translation, micro-reviews, experimental poetics, and international avant-garde literature.
Triple Canopy	Cross-disciplinary arts and criticism	www.canopycanopycanopy.com	Digital magazine where language, translation, multilingualism, and visual or theoretical practice sometimes intersect.
e-flux journal	Art theory and criticism	www.e-flux.com/journal	Art-theory journal useful for translation, multilingualism, coloniality, aesthetics, and cross-disciplinary language questions.
Jacket2	Poetry and poetics archive	jacket2.org	Poetry and poetics site with essays, archives, commentary, and translation-adjacent experimental writing discourse.
Post45	Contemporary literary criticism	post45.org	Academic-public criticism platform with translation-adjacent essays on contemporary literature, institutions, and literary culture.
ALTA	Professional translation organization	literarytranslators.org	American Literary Translators Association publishes awards, blogs, panels, resources, and translator-centered professional context.
Three Percent	Translation advocacy archive	www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/	Open Letter Books project and archive tracking translated literature, publishing trends, reviews, and translation advocacy.
Center for the Art of Translation	Translation organization and journal history	www.catranslation.org	Organization behind Two Lines, events, educational programs, and essays on translation as literary practice.
InTranslation / The Brooklyn Rail	Translation section	brooklynrail.org/translation	Translation-focused section within an arts and criticism magazine, useful for poems, prose, essays, and contemporary art context.
Circumference	Literature in translation and international culture	circumferencemag.com	Magazine of literature in translation and international culture with poetry, prose, and translator-centered editorial attention.
Exchanges	Literary translation journal	exchanges.uiowa.edu	University of Iowa journal of literary translation, edited by Iowa Translation Workshop students and rooted in translator craft.
Journal of Literary Translation at Yale	Student-run literary translation journal	www.yalejolt.com	Publishes English translations of poetry and prose with essays on the theory and practice of translation.
Asymptote Blog	Translation criticism and dispatches	www.asymptotejournal.com/blog	Blog and review arm of Asymptote, useful for interviews, essays, literary dispatches, and book-in-translation coverage.

Additional publications, magazines, journals, and resource hubs

Publication	Primary category	Scope	Why it matters for readers
Two Lines Journal	Core translation journal	www.catranslation.org/journal/	Literary translation magazine from the Center for the Art of Translation, valuable for poems, prose, translator notes, interviews, and craft essays.
Two Lines Press	Translation publisher and journal ecosystem	www.twolinespress.com	Not a magazine alone, but its editorial ecosystem matters because it publishes and advocates for global literature in translation.
Reading in Translation	Translation review platform	readingintranslation.com	Dedicated review site for literature in translation. Good for following reception, translator visibility, and book-length translation criticism.
Global Literature in Libraries Initiative	Reader advocacy and reviews	glli-us.org	Advocacy, review, and library-facing platform that raises visibility for international works in English translation.
The Complete Review	World literature review archive	www.complete-review.com	Deep, long-running review index and guide to world literature, especially useful for book-length translated prose and reception trails.
Absinthe: World Literature in Translation	World literature in translation	journals.publishing.umich.edu/absinthe/	Open-access literary magazine emphasizing previously untranslated work and world literature in translation.
Delos: A Journal of Translation and World Literature	Translation and world literature journal	journals.upress.ufl.edu/delos	Journal publishing translations and translation-focused scholarship, including contemporary questions around literary translation and technology.
International Poetry Review	Poetry in original and translation	llc.uncg.edu/international-poetry-review/	Publishes global contemporary writers in their own languages with facing English translations.
Ezra: An Online Journal of Translation	Poetry and translation	ezratranslation.com	Online journal dedicated to poetry and translation, with issues and reviews across languages, periods, and styles.
Metamorphoses	Literary translation journal	sites.smith.edu/metamorphoses/	Journal of the Five College Faculty Seminar on Literary Translation, publishing translations and writing on translation theory and practice.
Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation	Peer-reviewed literary translation	diamond-oa.lib.cam.ac.uk/handle/1812/522	Diamond open-access journal featuring literary translations, research articles, reviews, and reflection on translator craft.
Translation Review	Translation criticism and scholarship	translationreview.utdallas.edu/	Forum for the art, practice, and theory of literary translation, associated with ALTA and useful for interviews, criticism, and scholarly context.
No Man’s Land	German-language literature in English	www.no-mans-land.org	Publishes English translations of recent German-language poetry, prose, and nonfiction.
TRANSIT	German studies and translation	transit.berkeley.edu	Peer-reviewed online journal around travel, migration, and multiculturalism in the German-speaking world, including translation projects.
Renditions	Chinese literature in translation	www.cuhk.edu.hk/rct/renditions/	Historic Chinese-English translation magazine covering classical and contemporary Chinese literature, including poetry and translation studies.
Chinese Literature and Thought Today	Chinese literature and thought	china.ucsd.edu/research/cltt.html	Journal providing English translations and critical essays about contemporary Chinese literature, culture, philosophy, and intellectual history.
Banipal	Arabic literature in translation	www.banipal.co.uk	Historically important magazine of modern Arab literature in English translation. Treat as a crucial archive because the last issue appeared after 25 years.
New Books in German	German-language translation advocacy	www.new-books-in-german.com	Not a poetry magazine, but useful for translators and readers tracking German-language literature, translation opportunities, and industry conversation.
The European Literature Network	European literature in translation	www.eurolitnetwork.com	Advocacy and review network for European literature in English, including The Riveter magazine and translation-centered essays.
The Riveter	European literature magazine	www.eurolitnetwork.com/the-riveter/	Magazine from the European Literature Network, often organized around countries or regions with reviews, interviews, and translated-literature features.
Transpacific Literary Project / The Margins	Asian and diasporic translation	aaww.org/portfolio/translation-column/	Asian American Writers’ Workshop translation column collecting essays, translations, and hybrid work around language, culture, and translation from Asia.
Mānoa	Pacific and Asian literature	manoajournal.hawaii.edu	Long-running journal centered on Pacific and Asian writing, often with translation, context, and regional literary depth.
Wasafiri	International contemporary writing	www.wasafiri.org	Magazine of international contemporary writing, especially useful for postcolonial, diasporic, multilingual, and translation-adjacent literature.
Mekong Review	Asian literary criticism	mekongreview.com	Regional review magazine for Southeast Asia and beyond, useful for translated literature, criticism, and cultural context.
Asia Literary Review	Asian literature	asialiteraryreview.com	Publishes Asian writing and international literature. Check current status and archive depth before making it a central listing.
Pathlight	Chinese literature in English	paper-republic.org/pubs/pathlight/	Chinese literature magazine associated with Paper Republic and translation into English. Treat as a specialized archive and check current status.
Paper Republic	Chinese literature translation hub	paper-republic.org	Translation and publishing hub for Chinese literature in English, useful for author pages, translation news, and resource lists.
Muse India	Indian literature	museindia.com	Online literary journal with English and Indian-language writing, including translated poetry and essays.
Indian Literature	Indian national literary journal	sahitya-akademi.gov.in	Sahitya Akademi journal for Indian writing, including translations across Indian languages and English.
B O D Y	Central European and international writing	bodyliterature.com	Prague-based online magazine publishing international writing, poetry, essays, reviews, and translations.
SAND	Berlin literary journal	sandjournal.com	International Berlin-based journal publishing writing and art, including translated work and multilingual literary community context.
The Berlin Quarterly	International literary magazine	berlinquarterly.com	European-based literary and arts magazine with international writing, essays, and occasional translation.
Trafika Europe	European literary radio and magazine	www.trafikaeurope.org	European literary platform and radio project dedicated to European literature in English, including translated writers and interviews.
Eurozine	European cultural journals	www.eurozine.com	Networked platform for European cultural journals, useful for essays, multilingual debate, and translation-adjacent cultural criticism.
Samovar	Speculative literature in translation	samovar.strangehorizons.com	Strange Horizons sister publication for translated speculative writing, including poetry, fiction, and translator notes.
Strange Horizons	Speculative literature magazine	strangehorizons.com	Publishes speculative poetry, fiction, reviews, and occasional translations; important for genre and translation crossover.
Speculative Fiction in Translation	Translation resource and review site	www.sfintranslation.com	Reader and reviewer resource for speculative fiction in translation, useful for poetry-adjacent genre literature and discovery paths.
Guernica	International literature and politics	www.guernicamag.com	Publishes fiction, poetry, essays, art, interviews, and translations with political and international range.
Granta	International literary magazine	granta.com	Major literary magazine with global fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and occasional translated work.
BOMB Magazine	Arts and literary interviews	bombmagazine.org	Good for long-form artist and writer interviews, including international authors and translators when covered.
The Offing	Literary magazine with translation	theoffingmag.com	Publishes poetry, prose, essays, and translation; useful for contemporary and formally adventurous work.
Tupelo Quarterly	Poetry and translation	www.tupeloquarterly.com	Publishes poetry, translation portfolios, reviews, interviews, and critical essays with a strong contemporary poetry orientation.
AGNI	Literary magazine	agnionline.bu.edu	Publishes poetry, prose, essays, and translation; useful for high-quality literary work with a broad international sensibility.
Massachusetts Review	Literary and political magazine	www.massreview.org	Publishes poetry, prose, essays, translation, and politically engaged literary work with an international orientation.
Michigan Quarterly Review	Literary review	sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/	Publishes poetry, fiction, nonfiction, reviews, and translation, often with themed issues and scholarly-literary crossover.
The Iowa Review	Literary review	iowareview.org	Publishes poetry, prose, essays, translation, and interviews from a major writing and translation ecosystem.
Gulf Coast	Literary magazine and translation prize	gulfcoastmag.org	Publishes poetry, prose, reviews, translation, and translation prize winners.
Hayden’s Ferry Review	Literary magazine	haydensferryreview.com	Publishes poetry, prose, art, translation, and international work, often suitable for finding contemporary translators.
Denver Quarterly	Experimental literary journal	denverquarterly.com	Publishes poetry, prose, criticism, and translations, especially within experimental and hybrid literary practice.
Chicago Review	Literary review	www.chicagoreview.org	Publishes poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, translation, and significant special issues.
Boston Review	Politics and literary criticism	www.bostonreview.net	Publishes poetry, essays, reviews, forums, and some translation, useful for literature in relation to public thought.
Full Stop	Book criticism	www.full-stop.net	Review and interview site with significant attention to contemporary literature, small presses, translation, and criticism.
Cleveland Review of Books	Book criticism	clereviewofbooks.com	Review platform with strong essays on poetry, translated literature, translator notes, and literary criticism.
The Millions	Book culture and criticism	themillions.com	Book culture site useful for broader visibility of translated literature, reviews, essays, and reading lists.
Los Angeles Review	Literary magazine	losangelesreview.org	Publishes poetry, prose, essays, translation, and reviews; useful as a general translation-adjacent literary venue.
Cordite Poetry Review	Australian poetry magazine	cordite.org.au	Australian poetry journal with international features, criticism, translation, and special issues.
Poetry Northwest	Poetry magazine	www.poetrynw.org	Publishes poetry, reviews, essays, and occasional translation, especially useful for Pacific Northwest and contemporary poetry networks.
Poetry Review	UK poetry magazine	poetrysociety.org.uk/publications/poetry-review/	Flagship magazine of The Poetry Society, useful for UK poetry, criticism, and occasional translation contexts.
Modern Poetry in Translation Archive	Poetry translation archive	modernpoetryintranslation.com/archive/	Use the archive to trace issue themes, regional focuses, and editorial shifts in poetry translation over time.
Words Without Borders Campus	Teaching resource	wordswithoutborders.org/learn/about-wwb-campus/	Educational extension of WWB for students and teachers, with translated poems, stories, contextual materials, and lesson pathways.
ALTA Blog	Professional translator blog	literarytranslators.org/blog/	Good for translator interviews, field updates, awards, panel notes, and the working life of literary translation.
Poetry Translation Centre	Poetry translation organization	www.poetrytranslation.org	Not a magazine, but essential for poems, events, workshops, translator notes, and the Sarah Maguire Prize ecosystem.
World Poetry Books	Press and world poetry resource	worldpoetrybooks.com	Primarily a press, but important for translated poetry readers tracking contemporary world poetry and translators.
World Poetry Movement	International poetry organization	www.wpm2011.org	Useful as a global poetry network and event-oriented source rather than a literary magazine.
Translationista	Translation blog archive	translationista.com	Blog archive around literary translation, useful for older translation discourse and field memory.
Hopscotch Translation	Translation-focused magazine and publisher	hopscotchtranslation.com	Publishes translations and translator-centered projects. Check current publication status and scope before adding as a core listing.

Academic and scholarly translation studies journals

Publication	Primary category	Scope	Why it matters for readers
Translation Studies	Academic translation studies	www.tandfonline.com/journals/rtrs20	Peer-reviewed journal exploring historical, social, institutional, and cultural facets of translation.
The Translator	Academic translation studies	www.tandfonline.com/journals/rtrn20	Refereed international journal on translation and interpreting, important for theory, ethics, and disciplinary debate.
Target	Academic translation studies	benjamins.com/catalog/target	Peer-reviewed journal promoting interdisciplinary scholarly study of translational phenomena around the world.
Meta: Translators’ Journal	Translation and interpreting studies	www.erudit.org/en/journals/meta/	Major open-access journal for translation, interpreting, terminology, multilingual communication, pedagogy, and theory.
Translation and Literature	Literary translation scholarship	www.euppublishing.com/loi/tal	Academic journal focused on literary translation, translation history, reception, and critical interpretation.
TTR: Traduction, terminologie, redaction	Translation studies	www.erudit.org/en/journals/ttr/	Canadian translation studies journal for translation, terminology, writing, and related fields.
Perspectives	Translation and cultural mediation	www.tandfonline.com/journals/rmps20	Publishes research on language and cultural mediation, including literary, technical, scientific translation and interpreting.
Babel	International translation journal	benjamins.com/catalog/babel	Long-running translation journal useful for broader translation theory, practice, and professional discourse.
Translation and Interpreting Studies	Translation and interpreting studies	benjamins.com/catalog/tis	Peer-reviewed journal disseminating research across language mediation and translation studies.
Journal of World Literature	World literature scholarship	brill.com/view/journals/jwl/jwl-overview.xml	Useful for world-literature theory, circulation, reception, and the institutional study of global literary systems.
Cadernos de Tradução	Translation studies	periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/traducao	Brazilian translation studies journal useful for Lusophone scholarship, translation theory, and literary translation research.
Feminist Translation Studies	Feminist translation studies	www.tandfonline.com/journals/rfts20	Newer peer-reviewed journal dedicated to feminist translation theory, practice, collectives, politics, and methodology.
Paralleles	Translation studies	www.paralleles.unige.ch	Open-access journal from the University of Geneva focused on translation studies and translator training.
New Voices in Translation Studies	Emerging scholarship	www.iatis.org/index.php/new-voices-in-translation-studies	Useful venue for newer translation studies researchers, including work that can intersect with literary translation.
JoSTrans	Specialized translation	www.jostrans.org	Not literary-specific, but useful for translation technology, practice, and specialized translation contexts that shape the field.

How to Use These Publications as a Reader

Publications reward sustained attention. Rather than reading individual pieces in isolation, many readers find it fruitful to return to the same venues repeatedly.

Follow Contributors Across Platforms

Translators, poets, and editors often publish across multiple publications. Noticing recurring names can help readers build informal reading maps.

Read the Context, Not Just the Poems

Introductions, translator’s notes, interviews, and editorial statements often clarify the stakes of a translation. These texts are not ancillary; they are part of the literary encounter.

Pay Attention to Editorial Patterns

Over time, publications reveal preferences—formal, political, regional, or aesthetic. Recognizing these patterns helps readers interpret individual pieces within a larger editorial vision.

Core publications for poetry in translation

Begin with the venues that make translated poems easiest to encounter: Modern Poetry in Translation, Words Without Borders, Asymptote, Poetry International, Two Lines, Circumference, World Literature Today, International Poetry Review, Exchanges, Ezra, Metamorphoses, and JoLT. Each offers a different kind of doorway. Some prioritize new poems. Some foreground translator notes. Some preserve bilingual page design. Some situate poems inside regional dossiers or issue themes.

A reader should move slowly here. Read the poems, then read the notes. Compare how each venue names language, country, translator, poet, region, historical pressure, and form. These choices teach readers how translation is being framed.

Translation discourse and translator craft

Translator notes, interviews, roundtables, and essays are part of the literature. They help readers see the pressures that a finished translation often hides: sound, gender, idiom, censorship, dialect, colonial language, spiritual vocabulary, grief, humor, and lineation. Publications such as Two Lines, Waxwing, World Literature Today, Asymptote, the Poetry Foundation, ALTA, and the Center for the Art of Translation are especially useful for this layer of study.

Regional and language-specific platforms

Readers who want depth should follow regional platforms for months rather than visit them once. ArabLit, Latin American Literature Today, Korean Literature Now, Chinese Literature Today, Renditions, Banipal, No Man’s Land, TRANSIT, Mānoa, Wasafiri, Mekong Review, Paper Republic, and The Margins help resist the flattening habit of treating world literature as one global shelf. These venues show how translation belongs to languages, institutions, histories, and communities.

Review and reception platforms

Reviews matter because they shape what readers notice. A review can ask whether a translation sings in English, whether it preserves difficulty, whether a translator’s note clarifies or overdetermines the poem, whether a press introduced a poet with care, or whether a book arrives inside a larger literary movement. Reading in Translation, Los Angeles Review of Books, World Literature Today, GLLI, The Complete Review, Full Stop, Music & Literature, Cleveland Review of Books, and similar venues help readers follow reception rather than publication alone.

Academic translation studies

Academic journals belong on the page, but in their own section. A reader looking for poems will not use Target or Meta the way they use Modern Poetry in Translation. A scholar, translator, or critic, however, may need Translation Studies, The Translator, Translation Review, Translation and Literature, TTR, Perspectives, or Journal of World Literature to understand the field’s arguments. Separating scholarly venues from literary magazines makes the page more useful and more trustworthy.

Experimental, cross-disciplinary, and digital spaces

Some venues matter because they stretch translation beyond the printed poem. Jacket2, Action Books, Triple Canopy, e-flux, The Brooklyn Rail, ANMLY, and Samovar can help readers think about translation as performance, theory, visual art, archive, speculative practice, or digital form. These spaces may not publish poetry in translation as their central mission, but they often hold the liveliest arguments about what translation can do.

How This Library Connects These Publications

This page is designed to work in concert with other sections of the International Poetry Library.

Poetry in Translation

For a conceptual overview of translation as literary practice, this page links back to the main Poetry in Translation pillar.

Poetry in Translation by Country

Country pages link outward to publications that regularly feature work from those regions, helping readers locate ongoing venues for discovery.

List of Poetry Translators

Translator profiles link to publications where translators frequently appear, allowing readers to follow individual practices across platforms.

Suggested Ways to Explore

• Choose one publication and read its archive over time
• Follow a single translator across multiple venues
• Compare how different publications frame similar translations
• Use magazines as entry points before seeking out books

Frequently Asked Questions

Are magazines a reliable way to discover high-quality translations?
Yes. Many significant translations first appear in magazines and journals before being collected in books.

Do I need theoretical background to read translation criticism?
No. Many essays and interviews are written for general readers and focus on practical questions of reading and making.

Why do some publications focus so heavily on translator commentary?
Because translation involves interpretive choice. Commentary helps readers understand the pressures shaping a given translation.

How often should I return to these publications?
Regular visits—monthly or quarterly—are often more rewarding than sporadic searching.

This page will continue to grow as new publications emerge and editorial priorities shift. It is intended not as a definitive map, but as a working index for readers interested in how poetry in translation lives and circulates.