Irwan Syahrir – Translator of the Month
Our Translator of the Month for September is Irwan Syahrir, who translates from Norwegian into Indonesian. He is originally from Surabaya and is qualified in the field of computer science, but he has been passionate about books and language since he was a young boy. During his studies, Irwan started teaching English at a language school that he had attended a few years beforehand. During that time, he also spent a year learning German, something that helped him a great deal when he moved to Norway in the year 2000 and started learning Norwegian. He has a Masters degree in computer science from the University of Oslo, and now works full-time as an IT consultant in Oslo. Since 2014, Irwan has translated 10 books from Norwegian. His most recent work is the Indonesian translation of the third novel in the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy, The Cross, which is due to be published in late 2025 or early 2026.
