Journal of Translation

Published by SIL International, the Journal of Translation is an open access, peer-reviewed academic journal of translation theory and practice with a special interest in sacred text translation and local languages and cultures. For more information, visit https://siljot.org. PDFs of all articles are available free of charge.

1. 1Portrait of a Translator: Francis Seely and the 1971 Revision of the Thai Bible (Liao 2025)English
2. 2Journal of Translation 20.1 (2024) now availableEnglish
3. 3Journal of Translation 19.1 (2023) now availableFrench
4. 4Journal of Translation 18.2 (2022) now availableEnglish
5. 5Journal of Translation 18.1 (2022) now available!English
6. 6Journal of Translation 16:1English
7. 7Journal of Translation 15:1English
8. 8Journal of Translation 14:1English
9. 9Journal of Translation - All ArticlesEnglish
10. 10Trust the Process: Improving Translator Training Workshops (Morgan 2024)French
11. 11Attaining Quality in Oral Bible Translation: A Guide to Effective Practice (Frost, Mustin, Beal 2024)English
12. 12On Biblical Hebrew Poetry: New Critique and Response Articles in JOT (Wendland, Grosser 2024)English
13. 13Amateur English-Kiswahili Interpretation in Tanzanian Pentecostal Churches (Mlundi 2025)English
14. 14Review of: The Word as word: A Canonical-Hermeneutical Approach to Translation by Michael Straus (Wendland 2025)English
15. 15Lilith: How the Translation History of a 2,700-Year-Old Word Came to Impact 21st Century Culture (Johnson 2026)English
16. 16More Than a Wish: Translating Old Testament Blessings as Multifunctional Speech Acts (Schmidt 2026)English