Translators fight for credit on book covers

Replies poured in from writers supportive of her decision and from other translators who have felt overlooked by publishers. Croft, who translates from Polish and Spanish into English, had clearly struck a nerve. One month later, for International Translation Day on 30 September, Croft turned her personal resolution into a public campaign. In an open letter published on the website of the UK's Society of Authors and co-written with novelist Mark Haddon (best known for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), Croft called on writers to ask their publishers to give translators cover credits and coined the hashtag #TranslatorsOnTheCover. "For too long, we've been taking translators for granted," the letter reads. "From now on, we will be asking, in our contracts and communications, that our publishers ensure, whenever our work is translated, that the name of the translator appears on the front cover."