Bettina Abarbanell

Bettina Abarbanell
Born	1961 Hamburg, Germany
Occupation	Literary translator
Known for	Translating English-language novels into German

Bettina Abarbanell (born 1961 in Hamburg) is a distinguished German translator specializing in literary works, known for rendering English-language novels into German. Her translation portfolio includes works by notable writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Denis Johnson, Rachel Kushner, Elizabeth Taylor, Catherine Lacey, and Jonathan Franzen. In recognition of her contributions, she was awarded the Translator Award by the Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Foundation in 2014 and received the Barthold Heinrich Brockes scholarship from the German Translation Fund in 2015.