ADELLE WEE

Adelle Wee (she/her) is a translator working from Korean into English.

She holds an MA in Korean-English translation from Ewha Womans University and a BA in English from the National University of Singapore. She has won multiple awards for both literary and film translation, and is a recent graduate of the LTI Korea Translation Academy.

Adelle Wee (she/her) is a translator working from Korean into English.

Korean-to-English Literary Translator

Korean-to-English
Literary Translator

awards

J&N David Bellos Translation Prize (Shortlist)
2026

LTI Korea Translation Award for Aspiring Translators
Film Category (English), 2025

56th Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards
Fiction Commendation Award, 2025

LTI Korea Translation Award for Aspiring Translators
Literature Category (English), 2024

Residencies & Other Programmes

Translator-in-Residence at the National Centre for Writing
July 2026, Norwich, UK

Korean Literature Translators Career Pathways Programme
Aug-Sep 2026, Seoul, South Korea

Translations

NOVELS

A Spider is Saturday Dawn by Jeong Duk-si (Europa Editions, forthcoming)

Short Stories

Aeon by CHOI Hee-ra (2022)
- Partially published as an article on The Korea Times, 2025
- Winning entry for the 56th Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards (Fiction Commendation Award)

Never Aloan by KIM Ji Yeon (2023)
- Published as an eBook by the Literature Translation Institute of Korea, 2024
- Winning entry for the 2024 LTI Korea Translation Award for Aspiring Translators in the Literature Category (English)

essays

A World Garlanded with Flowers of Every Kind by CHOI Young
Published in The Passenger: South Korea (Europa Editions, 2024)

Every Legend Has A Beginning by Yunseong NAM
Published in The Passenger: South Korea (Europa Editions, 2024)

film

Shall We Dance? by SHIN Dong-seok (2021)
LTI Korea Translation Academy Portfolio Translation Project, 2025

The Will of Love by KIM Yoon-kyung (2025)
*Co-translated
Screened at the 2030 Youth Film Festival, 2025

Time To Be Strong by NAMKOONG Sun (2024)
Winning entry for the 2025 LTI Korea Translation Award for Aspiring Translators in the Film Category (English)

The Window by YEON Sang-ho (2012)
Ewha Womans University Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation Graduation Project, 2023

The Way Home by LEE Jeong-hyang (2002)
Ewha Womans University Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation Graduation Project, 2023

currently pitching

(Rights and samples available, click for more info!)

(Rights and samples available,
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City View by WOO Shin-young (Dasan Books, 2024)
*Shortlisted for the David Bellos Translation Prize organised by Janklow & Nesbit UK
The Book of Bliss by KIM Mella (Hyundae Munhak, 2024)
The Library of Borrowed Lives by CHOI Se-eun (TXTY, 2025)
Dark Walk by JUNG Myung-seop (TXTY, 2025)
Near Ecstasy by KANG Jiyoung (Namu Bench, 2025)
Husband for Sale by KO Yohan (Namu Bench, 2025)
White Horse by Kang Hwagil (Munhakdongne, 2020)

City View by WOO Shin-young (Dasan Books, 2024)
*Shortlisted for the David Bellos Translation Prize organised by Janklow & Nesbit UK
The Book of Bliss by KIM Mella (Hyundae Munhak, 2024)
The Library of Borrowed Lives by CHOI Se-eun (TXTY, 2025)
Dark Walk by JUNG Myung-seop (TXTY, 2025)
Near Ecstasy by KANG Jiyoung (Namu Bench, 2025)
Husband for Sale by KO Yohan (Namu Bench, 2025)
White Horse by Kang Hwagil (Munhakdongne, 2020)

Writing

179cm and Glowing
Creative non-fiction essay
Eunoia Review, 2025

The One I Left Behind
Creative non-fiction essay
Still Here Magazine, Issue 4, 2026