Charlotte Collins

@cctranslates

🇪🇺 Literary translator DE-EN
THIS ACCOUNT IS DORMANT.
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Cambridge, England Joined October 2015

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Charlotte Collins @cctranslates Jun 11, 2025

Coming soon! #NinoHaratischwili #TheLackOfLight tr. Charlotte Collins & Ruth Martin.
@HarperViaBooks: This immersive, character-driven epic is one to get lost in, especially for fans of Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet, Isabel Allende & stories that centre female friendship.

Cover of The Lack of Light: b/w photo of a woman pushing aside a net curtain to look out of a tall window. The title lettering is in a delicate pale lilac-yellow-turquoise wash.

Black and white photo of a woman halfway up an old-fashioned staircase, looking up. Over it, white text reads: "The Lack of Light is an immersive, sweeping epic set against the backdrop of Tbilisi, about a group of four women who formed a deep friendship in the turbulent years leading up to and after Georgia's independence from the Soviet Union."

Black-and-white close-up photo of Nino Haratischwili, looking straight down the lens and framing her face with both hands. She has striking features, with pale skin, dark eyes, hair and eyebrows, and dark lipstick. The text at the bottom reads: "Nino Haratischwili was born in Tbilisi and is an acclaimed and award-winning novelist and dramatist, and among the most important authors of contemporary German literature. Her international bestseller "The Eighth Life (for Brilka)" was translated into thirty languages and longlisted for the International Booker Prize. Haratischwili lives in Berlin."

Close-up colour photos of Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin, both white women with dark brown hair.
The text reads: "From the note on the translation: 'It is perhaps surprising how rarely literary works take supportive female friendship as their central theme, and in the "The Lack of Light" it is absolutely fundamental. It feels apt that, in the making of this translation, our own friendship and ongoing collaboration have become part of the book's journey into English.'"

Charlotte Collins @cctranslates Jun 25, 2025

This beautiful novel, located between Iran and Germany, came out in the UK last week.
'The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran' ... what savagely ironic timing.
Look at this gorgeous writing by author Shida Bazyar and translator @the_germanist. Please read it. shorturl.at/P0tz8

Charlotte Collins @cctranslates Dec 25, 2023

Fabulous!

The Gesualdo Six @TheGesualdoSix Dec 25, 2023

‘Tis the season! 🔔

Whatever you’re up to at this time of year, we’d like you wish you a very Merry Christmas. 🎄

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Charlotte Collins @cctranslates Sep 25, 2023

It may have seemed twee, but I've found it oddly comforting, whenever I opened Twitter, to see his funny face still pinned to the top of my profile. After almost two years, I think the time has come to let him go. Farewell, sweet cat. You are not forgotten.

Charlotte Collins @cctranslates Oct 31, 2021

Anyone who knows me knows I loved this dear, sweet, funny, loyal, affectionate little cat more than anything. He has been my best friend through two rounds of chemo, 18 mths of shielding and more. Caliban (BanBan, Banski, Furry Snail) died one week ago today. I am heartbroken.

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Charlotte Collins @cctranslates May 28, 2023

I did an interview for Georgian TV about translating Nino Haratischvili and singing with the Cambridge Georgian choir @ChelaBuska - also featured, along with the wonderful Ialoni. (No idea what I'm saying here, but for those who understand Georgian...)
youtube.com/watch?v=-4xp4R…