Delos: A Journal of Translation and World Literature is now in its third series. Its editorial staff are from the University of Florida, as are many of those serving on its board and realizing each new volume. We welcome contributions from anywhere in the world.
 

Delos, if you … have the temple of far-shooting Apollo, all men will bring you hecatombs and gather here, and incessant savor of rich sacrifice will always arise, and you will feed those who dwell in you from the hand of strangers.

— Homeric Hymn to Delian Apollo 51–60

Vol. 40 No. 1–2 (2025): Spring/Fall 2025

Published: 2026-04-30

Cinque Poesie

Five Poems by Giovanni Pascoli

Elena Borelli, Stephen Campiglio (Translator)
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Translated from Italian by Elena Borelli and Stephen Campiglio

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Marcel Aymé’s “Le Mouton” (1939)

Patricia Worth (Translator)
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Translated from French by Patricia Worth

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The Religious Mantle and “A Genuine Mummy”

Translated from Portuguese by David Swartz

David Swartz (Translator)
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Translated from Portuguese by David Swartz

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One of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s Last Stories

“Dreams” (1926)

Shuuji Spangler (Translator)
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One of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s Last Stories: “Dreams” (1926)


Translated from Japanese by Shuuji Spangler

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“It’s No Joke Dreaming"

Versioning Dante’s Purgatorio 6 in Florida in February 2025

Kimberly Campanello
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“It’s No Joke Dreaming": Versioning Dante’s Purgatorio 6 in Florida in February 2025 by Kimberly Campanello

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Prompt-Guided Al Translation into English by ChatGPT 4 and Human Post-Editing of Specimens from Salah Jahin’s Rubaiyat

A Comparative Analysis

Lamia Tewfik
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Prompt-Guided Al Translation into English by ChatGPT 4 and Human Post-Editing of Specimens from Salah Jahin’s Rubaiyat: A Comparative...

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Poetry as Painting

Imagery and Resistance in Tanella Boni’s Poetry—A Conversation with Dr. Todd Fredson

Selome Medemaku
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Imagery and Resistance in Tanella Boni’s Poetry—A Conversation with Dr. Todd Fredson

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Assessing ChatGPT and Human Capabilities in Poetry Translation with Juliane House’s 2015 TQA and Reader Response

A Case Study

Inho Jung
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This study investigates ChatGPT’s potential to capture the nuances of literary texts by comparing AI-generated and human translations of Kim...

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A Translation of Tao Han’s 陶翰 “Fu on the White Fox-fur Robe” 狐白裘賦

Rebecca Doran
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A Translation of Tao Han’s 陶翰 “Fu on the White Fox-fur Robe” 狐白裘賦

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Translating Allusions in Contemporary Chinese Poetry by Zhang Zhihao

Yuemin He
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Translating Allusions in Contemporary Chinese Poetry by Zhang Zhihao

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From Greed to Need

Ecological Consciousness, Literary Reflections, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030

Animesh Roy
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While the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030 aim for ways to achieve a more sustainable earth, how may literature help to...

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Unveiling Italian and Floridian Ecopoetic Voices

Translations and Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Delaney Johnson
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In an increasingly precarious and interconnected world, the emerging field of environmental humanities provides a multifaceted approach for...

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Debates in Translations Studies edited by Susan Bassnett and David Johnston

Belinda Cooke
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Susan Bassnett and David Johnston, eds. Debates in Translations Studies. Routledge, 2025. Paperback, 209 pages. $49.99. ISBN:...

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Translation Multiples: From Global Culture to Postcommunist Democracy by Kasia Szymanska

Piotr Florczyk
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Kasia Szymanska. Translation Multiples: From Global Culture to Postcommunist Democracy. Princeton University Press, 2025....

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A Kiss for the Absolute: Selected Poems of Shuzo Takiguchi by Shuzo Takiguchi

Julia Hansell Clark
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Shuzo Takiguchi. A Kiss for the Absolute: Selected Poems of Shuzo Takiguchi. Translated from Japanese by Mary Jo Bang and Yuki Tanaka....

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Kudrun, with The Book of King Otnit and The Book of Wolf Dietrich edited and translated by William T. Whobrey

Adam Oberlin
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William T. Whobrey, ed. and trans. Kudrun, with The Book of King Otnit and The Book of Wolf Dietrich. Hackett, 2025. Paperback, Xxxvi + 302 pp....

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Madness, Psychiatry, and Empire in Postcolonial Literature by Chienyn Chi

Alessandra Benedicty-Kokken
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Chienyn Chi. Madness, Psychiatry, and Empire in Postcolonial Literature. Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine, 2024....

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Artwork

Dome Bulfaro
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Mimetizzarsi in una zolla di cielo
Pianta umana, genitore
Radicarsi in una zolla di cielo
Sotto gli alberi #1
Sotto gli alberi #2

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