Sarah Pybus

Translator from German to English
Translator
Available for:
Editing, Reader reports, Translation
Translates from:
German
Translates to:
English
Available for (translation):
Contemporary slang, Corporate, Crime fiction, Fantasy, Narrative non-fiction, Non-fiction, Voice-driven fiction

I have been translating since 2007. After working in-house for a few years, I began freelancing in 2012 and then moved into literary translation.

I won the inaugural Nonfiction Translation Competition in January 2015 (run by the German Book Office New York and Geisteswissenschaften International). The first book I translated, Crossing the Sea by Wolfgang Bauer, was published in 2016. I have since translated an academic book for Cornell University Press and several non-fiction works for Greystone Books, most focusing on climate change and the environment.

I have translated samples from a variety of genres, including popular fiction, crime fiction and YA fantasy. I am keen to move into translating crime fiction – my favourite genre – as well as continuing to translate non-fiction. I am also available for reader reports.