As part of its mission, the Center for Translation Studies promotes and disseminates innovative critical work about the practice and theory of literary translation. Translation Review, a joint publication of the Center for Translation Studies and the American Literary Translators Association, focuses on the visibility of the translator, the reconstruction of the translation process, translation as cross-cultural communication, the anthropological dimensions of translation, the history of translation, the evaluation of translations, and translation as a creative act. Annotated Books Received provides short descriptions of recent works of literary translation from a wide range of languages.

The publications are especially valuable to students, providing them with the opportunity to gain experience in editing and producing academic journals. The Center holds the complete run of both publications, a valuable archive for scholars and students of translation.