A cat strides across the keyboard. A dog whines to go outside. Yes, pets can be disruptive, but many translators can’t imagine the rhythm of their workday without their furred, feathered, or finned friends. Can you match these loyal pets to the correct translators? Below is a list of the translators whose pets are featured.
Corinne McKay
Hannah Varadi
Kate Costello
Kate Deimling
Liza Tripp
Matt Griffin
Olivia Caputo
Petra Rieker
Sarah Schneider
Steve Smith
Marvin is a rescue who loves to flop over on the carpet to get scritches, when he’s not sitting by the keyboard to help his owner with translations from Spanish and French.
Bonnie, a 14-year-old Parson Russell Terrier, protects the house better than 7-year-old Barkley, who can often be found sleeping under this German translator’s desk.
This beautiful cat named Sesame belongs to a translator of Chinese.
When he’s not cuddling in bed, Herschel may be spotted making guest appearances in the videos that this translator makes reviewing books in translation. In addition to translated literature, Herschel also loves butter and fish.
Chi Chi is a rescue umbrella cockatoo (a breed that can live for 40-60+ years!). Her owner, the administrator of the Italian Division, reports that she is very smart and very loud and fond of bacon (thanks to the indulgence of her previous owners).
Goldie is one of four felines gracing the home of this translator of theater and song lyrics. We hope that Orla, Boris, and Betsy aren’t too jealous that they didn’t make the cut.
July the kitten says there’s no room for anything on the calendar but her! This sweet little girl can be considered a temporary pet, because she is the 160th (!!!) cat this translator has fostered since the pandemic.
You may have seen Martina ROFL in the Zoom background of this translator of French.
When this Brooklyn-based translator and content writer became certified in TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return), two more cats ended up joining the resident dog and cat.
“Soba, on the right, is a shy girl, but loves to snuggle. Noodle, on the left, is a bit more adventurous and chaotic, and loves to supervise me at work,” says this translator and subtitler.
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Hannah Varadi
Petra Rieker
Kate Costello
Liza Tripp
Sarah Schneider
Steve Smith
Corinne McKay
Kate Deimling
Matt Griffin
Olivia Caputo
There may be a second installment of “Pets of the Literary Division,” so if you’d like your pet to be featured, please email Literary Division Administrator Kate Deimling (contact info can be found here: https://www.atanet.org/division/literary-division/).