Translation

Elisabeth Jaquette's translations from the Arabic have been nominated for the Booker International Prize, National Book Award, Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, TA First Translation Prize, Best Translated Book Award, and Banipal Prize for Arabic Translation. Her work has been supported by the Jan Michalski Foundation, PEN/Heim, and several English PEN Translates Awards.

In addition to Elisabeth's work as a literary translator, she has also contributed translations to The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Guardian, Amnesty International, Index on Censorship, PEN World Voices Festival, Institute for Palestine Studies, Arab Reform Initiative, Palestine Festival of Literature, VICE News, and Industry Arabic, among other organizations.

Books:

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli (Fitzcarraldo/New Directions, 2020)
- Finalist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature
- Longlisted for the Booker International Prize
- Longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
- Winner of an English PEN Translates Award
The Frightened Ones by Dima Wannous (Harvill Secker/Knopf, 2020)
- Shortlisted for the Banipal Prize for Arabic Translation
- Winner of an English PEN Translates Award
Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Rania Mamoun (Comma Press, 2019)
- Shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
- Winner of a PEN/Heim and English PEN Translates Award
The Apartment in Bab el-Louk by Donia Maher, illustrated by Ganzeer and Ahmed Nady (Darf Publishers, 2018)
Suslov's Daughter by Habib Abdulrab Sarori (Darf Publishers, 2017)
The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz (Melville House, 2016)
- Shortlisted for the TA First Translation Prize
- Longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award
- Winner of an English PEN Translates Award

Book sections:

'The Sky Room' by Azza Sultan in Egypt + 100 (Comma Press, 2024) Winner of an English PEN Award
'The Opening Ceremony' by Bushra Elfadil in The Best Small Fictions (The Sonder Press, 2021)
'Siniora' by Ahmed Naji in The Book of Cairo (Comma Press, 2019) Winner of an English PEN Award
'Scenes from the Life of an Autocrat' by Basma Abdel Aziz in The Apex Book of World Sci-Fi Vol.5 (Apex, 2018)
'The Nudism of Sheikh Fouad Hobeiche' by Hala Bizri in Art, Awakening, and Modernity in the Middle East (Routledge, 2017)
'Trump and Gaddafi' by Hazem Saghieh in Don't Panic I'm Islamic (Saqi, 2017)
Calligraphies of Love by Hassan Massoudy, with Sophie Lewis (Saqi, 2017)
'The Corporal' by Ali Bader in Iraq + 100 (Comma Press, 2016) Winner of an English PEN Award
'Passing' by Rania Mamoun in The Book of Khartoum (Comma Press, 2016) Winner of an English PEN Award
'When Ideas Fall in Line' by Asmaa Al Ghul in Life from Elsewhere (Pushkin Press, 2015)
Interviews in Sidewalk Salon Cairo by Manar Moursi & David Puig (2015)
Introduction by Atef Abu Saif in The Book of Gaza (Comma Press, 2014) Winner of an English PEN Award

Other published translations:

Short Fiction

Minor Detail (excerpt) by Adania Shibli, The Evergreen Review (October 2023)
The Creator by Abdel-Ghani Karamalla, The Common (Issue #19: April 2020)
Notebooks of Maladies by Emad Blake, The Common (Issue #19: April 2020)
The Opening Ceremony by Bushra Elfadil, The Common (Issue #19: April 2020)
Flash by Lemya Shammat, The Common (Issue #19: April 2020) (also on LitHub)
Against the Tide (excerpt) by Taghreed Najjar, Words Without Borders (April 2020)
The Fish Market by Najwa Bin Shatwan, Index on Censorship Magazine (Spring 2020)
The Most Dangerous Dream of All: A Multilingual Exquisite Corpse by Basma Abdel Aziz, SLICE Magazine (Issue #25: Birth)
Doors by Rania Mamoun, LitHub (July 2019)
A Woman Asleep on Her Bundle by Rania Mamoun, For Books' Sake (May 2019)
Summer with the Enemy (excerpt) by Shahla Ujayli, Banipal (Issue 64, April 2019)
The Bus by Mahmoud al-Rimawi, The Common (April 2018)
Propositions by Haifa' Abul-Nadi, The Common (April 2018)
The Most Dangerous Dream of All by Basma Abdel Aziz, Words Without Borders (April 2018)
Exquisite Corpse by Basma Abdel Aziz, SLICE Magazine (Issue #22: Borders, Spring/Summer 2018)
Steps Astray (excerpt) by Rania Mamoun, PEN America blog (September 2017)
The Sword and Sheath by Rasha Abbas, Shubbak blog (August 2017)
King of Cups by Rasha Abbas, Shubbak blog (July 2017)
Scenes from the Life of an Autocrat by Basma Abdel Aziz, World Literature Today (March 2017)
She, You, and I by Elham Mansour, Words Without Borders (June 2016)
The Hush Void by Muhammad Khudayyir, The Common (April 2016) (also featured in Halcyon exhibition, Transart Triennale)
The Queue (excerpt) by Basma Abdel Aziz, Words Without Borders (January 2016)
No Knives in the Kitchens of This City (excerpt) by Khaled Khalifa, And Other Stories Winter 2015 Arabic Reading Group
Between Enchantment and Delirium by Manal Nahas, Portal 9 (Issue #4: Forest, Autumn 2014)
Tales from Book of the Palm in Bassoura by Mohammed Khudayyir, Portal 9 (Issue #4: Forest, Autumn 2014)
Natural Succession in the Aftermath by Joseph Al-Hage, Portal 9 (Issue #4: Forest, Autumn 2014)
Once upon an Eid under the Pines by Abdel Rahman Ayyas, Portal 9 (Issue #4: Forest, Autumn 2014)
A Path for the Young by Ibrahim Aslan, Banipal (Issue 49: A Cornucopia of Short Stories, April 2014)
Slice of Family News by Ibrahim Aslan, Jadaliyya (August 2013)
A Glance by Yusuf Idris, Jadaliyya (July 2013)

Nonfiction

Enemies of the People by Basma Abdel Aziz, The Author (Summer 2018)
Reflections on the President's Discourse by Basma Abdel Aziz, Words Without Borders (July 2017)
Memories of Another Mosul by Mahmoud Saeed, The New York Times (November 2016)
On Writing The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz, For Books' Sake (June 2016)
Ba'ath Party Bones, Jutting Out of My Foot by Rana Zeid, co-translation with Alice Guthrie, Al-Jumhuriya (May 2016)
January 25th: from a Revolution, to a Conspiracy, to a Forbidden Call by Basma Abdel Aziz, PEN Atlas (January 2016)
Mazen Darwish is Imprisoned in Syria for Speaking a Language of Freedom by Yara Bader, the Guardian (25 March 2015)
Editorial by Fadi Tofeili, Portal 9 (Issue #4: Forest, Autumn 2014)
I Hope Not to See by Rana Mortaja on the Comma Press blog (September 2014)
Diaries of Oasis Prison (excerpts) by Sonallah Ibrahim, Banipal (Issue 50: Prison Writing, July 2014)
The Shell (excerpt) by Mustafa Khalifa, Asymptote (January 2014)

Graphic work

Corporeal by Chakib Daoud, SLICE Magazine (Issue #20: Corporeal, Spring/Summer 2017)
8 Minutes by Mohamed Salah, The Offing (November 2016)
Stop Shehata: The Story of An Egyptian Judge by anonymous Egyptian cartoonists, PEN Illustrated (February 2016)
The Dump by Chakib Daoud, co-translation with Nariman Youssef, Words Without Borders (January 2016)
The Apartment in Bab el-Louk (excerpt) by Donia Maher and illustrated by Ganzeer, Words Without Borders (International Graphic Novels: Volume VIII, February 2014)

Drama

Text by Adania Shibli for Studio Créole, conceived & curated by Adam Thirlwell for Manchester International Festival (July 2019)
Waiting for the Guests by Liwaa Yazji, Index on Censorship Magazine (Winter 2018)

Poetry

Apple by Omar Hazek, Index on Censorship Magazine (Winter 2015)