{"id":15931,"date":"2025-12-29T20:37:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=15931"},"modified":"2025-12-29T20:38:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:38:31","slug":"sft-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=15931","title":{"rendered":"SFT: Year in Review 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>2025 has been a good year for SF in translation, with 88 novels and collections and 30 short stories from over two dozen unique languages and countries. See the charts below for a more in-depth look at the numbers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">long-form SFT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"342\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Country.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16123 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Country.png 342w, https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Country-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Korea, Japan &#8211; 10 (11.4%)<br>Argentina &#8211; 7 (8.6)<br>China- 5 (5.7%)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"352\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Language.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16124 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Language.png 352w, https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Language-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Spanish -16 (18.2%)<br>Korean, Japanese &#8211; 10 (11.4%)<br>French &#8211; 7 (8%)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"342\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Publisher.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16125 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Publisher.png 342w, https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Publisher-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\">New Directions &#8211; 6 (6.8%)<br>Honford Star, Two Lines Press, HarperVia &#8211; 4 (4.5%)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"333\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Type.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15938 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Type.png 333w, https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Type-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\">novels &#8211; 76 (86.4%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\">collections &#8211; 12 (13.6%)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">short-form SFT<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:16px\">(from magazines and general-language anthologies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"356\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/short-Country.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15954 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/short-Country.png 356w, https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/short-Country-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\">China- 6 (20%)<br>Russia- 4 (13.3%)<br>Spain- 3 (10%)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"362\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/short-Language.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15955 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/short-Language.png 362w, https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/short-Language-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\">Spanish- 10 (33.3%)<br>Chinese- 7 (23.3%)<br>Russian- 4 (13.3%)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"356\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/short-Publication.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15956 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/short-Publication.png 356w, https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/short-Publication-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>Clarkesworld<\/em>&#8211; 11 (36.7%)<br><em>Words Without Borders<\/em>, <em>Asymptote<\/em>&#8211; 3 (10%)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 has been a good year for SF in translation, with 88 novels and collections and 30 short stories from over two dozen unique languages and countries. See the charts below for a more in-depth look at the numbers. long-form SFT Korea, Japan &#8211; 10 (11.4%)Argentina &#8211; 7 (8.6)China- 5 (5.7%) Spanish -16 (18.2%)Korean, Japanese<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/?p=15931\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[46],"tags":[233],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15931"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16129,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15931\/revisions\/16129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sfintranslation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}