Do you have postcards, letters, or any documents you want translated from Yiddish to English or vice versa? Do you have questions about this service? Contact us at info@yaaana.org for more information!
Are you interested in translating for us? We can accommodate a few more translators, so please send your resume and cover letter to info@yaaana.org to apply to join our team.

About our translators
Rose Waldman is a native Yiddish speaker, born and raised in the Satmar Hasidic community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She holds an M.F.A. in fiction and literary translation from Columbia University. She is an Assistant Professor of Writing at NYU and teaches translation practice at the Worker's Circle. Her translated works include Married by I. L. Peretz (2013), Pioneers: The First Breach by S. An-sky (2017), and the forthcoming Sons and Daughters by Chaim Grade (2023-2024). She has been awarded fellowships for translation by the National Endowment for the Arts and twice by the Yiddish Book Center. You can learn more about her from this article:
"My obsession with my Hasidic father's handwritten letters" - Click on this title to read an article about our translator!