1.   For the last decade he has devoted much of his time to translating the poetry of Czeslaw Milosz, working closely with the author.

2.   For the next nine years he managed to earn a living by translating English poetry and ghostwriting.

3.   Sturges translated the poetry himself, adding the occasional embellishment.

4.   They translate Shakespearean poetry into the language of cinema.

5.   Washburn herself translated poetry from classical and modern European languages.

6.   Fluent in Arabic, he also translated Persian poetry while attending Al-Azhar University in Egypt, before returning to Kabul to join the Faculty of Islamic Law.