Welcome! You’ve found the online home of French-to-English literary translator Allison M. Charette.

My current focus is fiction from Madagascar; I also work on fiction, creative non-fiction, children's literature, comic books, and graphic novels from all over the Francophone world.  Additionally, I edit and proofread translated texts from a variety of fields.

I am available to visit college and high school classes, as well as give public talks, both on literature from Madagascar and on the general practices and industry of literary translation.

I was honored to have received an NEA Fellowship in Literary Translation in 2018 to work on Michèle Rakotoson's novel, Lalana.

I helped to found the Emerging Literary Translators' Network in America. More info at ELTNA.org.


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