Translation from French into English helps advanced students of French develop an awareness of the stylistic differences between French and English, as well as an in-depth insight into the complexities of the translation process.

This comprehensive volume features sixteen chapters spanning early modern philosophy to contemporary Francophone novels. Through an interactive structure of parallel French-English extracts and detailed commentaries, readers explore translation as an active process of negotiation and close reading. By navigating translation dilemmas—such as untranslatability, cultural nuances, and adaptation—this book bridges the gap between language acquisition and literary analysis. Ultimately, it benefits its readers by sharpening their critical interpretation skills, deepening their appreciation for diverse literary styles and periods, and equipping them with the practical and analytical judgement necessary to tackle complex textual challenges.

Translation from French into English will be a useful resource for students taking courses in advanced French language, French-English translation, and French literature. It will also be of interest to practicing French-English translators.

Christophe Gagne is Professor of French and Translation in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at Cambridge University, UK. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of French Language Studies and of the Cambridge Journal of Literary Translation. He has co-authored with Emilia Wilton Godberfforde a textbook on translating from English into French, published by Routledge in 2020. He has translated poetry by the novelist John Fowles (Poèmes grecs). He recently translated an anthology of poems on exile Contre vents et marées.

Emilia Wilton-Godberfforde is Fellow and Director of Studies at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge, UK. She is a specialist in seventeenth-century French drama and currently works at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at Cambridge University as Affiliated Lecturer in French. Her publications include Mendacity and the Figure of the Liar in Seventeenth-Century French Comedy by Routledge, an exploration of lying across a range of plays in the early modern France. She is also a qualified simultaneous interpreter and translator and continues to work with French and Italian on a range of projects.