ITIA Honorary Members
2021 | Founder of Red T, a non-profit organization for the protection of translators and interpreters in high-risk settings (red-t.org); former forensic linguist in the terrorism arena. | |
2016 |
Eileen Battersby († 2018) |
Literary correspondent of the Irish Times and champion of literature translated into English. |
2014 | Lorraine Leeson![]() |
Professor at Trinity College Dublin, head of Centre for Deaf Studies, Deaf Studies scholar. |
2013 | Edith Grossman († 2023) ![]() |
Spanish-English translator of, among others, Miguel de Cervantes, Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos Fuentes. |
2013 |
Giuliana Zeuli |
Translator of Roddy Doyle, Catherine Dunne, Bernard MacLaverty and Irvine Welsh, former chairperson of the ITIA executive committee. |
2012 | French-English and Spanish-English translator of Michel Houellebecq, Boualem Sansal and Alonso Cueto. | |
2011 | Monsignor Pádraig Ó Fiannachta († 2016) |
Translator and editor of Irish translation of the Bible in Irish published in 1982. |
2007 | Michael Cronin![]() |
Professor at Dublin City University, member of the Royal Irish Academy, Translation Studies scholar. |
2006 | Professor of Italian at Trinity College Dublin, translator of the Decameron into English, founding member of the ITIA. | |
2005 | Máire Nic Mhaoláin![]() |
Translator of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and other works into Irish, former chairperson of the ITIA. |
2004 | Jin Di († 2008)![]() |
Translator into Chinese of Ulysses by James Joyce. |
2003 | Ciaran Carson († 2019)![]() |
Translator of Dante’s Inferno. |
2003 | Hans-Christian Oeser![]() |
Translator into German of works by Paul Muldoon, Scott Fitzgerald, Maeve Brennan. |
2002 | Seán Mac Mathghamhna († 2008) | Translator of poetry into Irish. |
2002 | Nicholas J.A. Williams, | Translator of the New Testament from Greek to Cornish. |
2001 | Helen Campbell |
Conference interpreter and interpreter trainer at the Directorate General for Interpretation at the European Commission. |
2000 | Seamus Heaney |
Translator of Beowulf: A New Translation. |
2000 | Micheál Ó Cearúil | Translator from English to Irish. |
1999 | Máire Mhac an tSaoi († 2021) |
Poet and translator from Middle to Modern Irish. |
1999 | William Weaver († 2013) |
Translator of Umberto Eco, Primo Levi and Italo Calvino. |
1997 | Lar Cassidy († 1997) | Member of Arts Council, supporter of translation of poetry. |
1994 | Agnes Bernelle († 1999) |
Actress, singer, translator of songs by Brecht and Weill into English. |
1994 | Rosangela Barone | Translator of Irish works (in English and Irish) into Italian. |
1992 | Poet and translator from Irish to English. | |
1992 | Brian Gormley | One of the first translators to work in localisation. |
1991 | John F. Deane |
Founding member of the Irish Translators’ Association, poet and translator of poetry. |