Japanese to English Literary Translation

Charlotte Goff is an Edinburgh-based Japanese-English literary translator.

She is drawn to texts which question social expectations around gender roles, family and relationship ideals, and what life 'should' look like. These issues are central to her ongoing work in the Violence Against Women and Girls sector.

Favourites include works by Nao-Cola Yamazaki, Sayaka Murata, and Junko Takase.

Charlotte was selected for one of the National Centre for Writing’s 2024 Emerging Translator Mentorships, which involved six months’ mentoring by Polly Barton. Her first translations will be published in 2026 - details soon 👀