Living in Languages Journal is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal devoted to translation across and beyond disciplinary boundaries. We approach translation as a linguistic practice and as a mode of literary, cultural, historical, and theoretical inquiry.

We welcome work that examines translation across languages, cultures, media, and disciplinary traditions. Contributions may explore how translation shapes knowledge, mediates power, and connects or transforms intellectual and artistic traditions. We support multilingual and interdisciplinary inquiry attentive to the specific languages, forms, and contexts through which translation takes place.

The journal publishes scholarship, translations, criticism, and creative and experimental work. Contributions may include research articles; translations with commentary; essays on pedagogy or praxis; and creative or hybrid works—poetic, visual, sonic, or performative—that engage translation as a practice, form, or concept. Review essays on books, archives, performances, exhibitions, and digital projects are also welcome.

We bring together scholars, translators, and writers across institutions and national contexts. Alongside established scholars, we particularly welcome contributions from graduate students, early-career researchers, and independent scholars. Our commitment to editorial collaboration provides space for developing work, while our openness to experimentation encourages contributions that expand what translation—and scholarship about translation—can look like.