A literary translator who is more creative when caffeinated. Offering mentorship sessions for emerging translators - buy me a 'coffee' and let's have a chat about what you need help with! I also offer editing, feedback and tailored mentoring sessions - see my 'Extras' to book.

I also created the Literary Translation Database Extraordinaire (link to this free resource under 'Extras') and it would be great if you could support me in the work I am doing to maintain and develop that!

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Bio:

Charlotte Coombe is a British literary translator working from Spanish, French and Catalan into English. She was shortlisted for the Valle Inclán Translation Prize 2019 for her translation of Fish Soup by Margarita García Robayo, and in 2022 she won the Oran Robert Perry Burke Award for her translation of Antonio Diaz Oliva’s short story ‘Mrs Gonçalves and the Lives of Others’. Her book-length translations include Far by Rosa Ribas, The Seaweed Revolution by Vincent Doumeizel, December Breeze by Marvel Moreno, Holiday Heart by Margarita García Robayo, The President's Room by Ricardo Romero, The Imagined Land by Eduardo Berti, and Khomeini, Sade and Me by Abnousse Shalmani.

She has translated short stories, poetry and excerpts by authors such as Africa Alonso, Silvia Arazi, Juan Villoro, Mario Vargas Llosa, Antonio Diaz Oliva, Orlando Echeverri Benedetti, Lucía Baskaran, Elizabeth Duval, Clara Usón, Rosa María Roffiel, Ana Navajas, Edgardo Nuñez Caballero, Jimena González, Santiago Roncagliolo, Asya Djoulaït, and Marie Vareille.

Her work has been published in Asymptote, Modern Poetry in Translation, Words Without Borders, World Literature Today, Latin American Literature Today and The Southern Review. In 2020, she co-founded the YouTube channel Translators Aloud, shining the spotlight on literary translators reading from their work. www.cmctranslations.com / @cmctranslations