Translated knowledge: the production of marginalization of the Roma during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This article examines how European news media translated and represented the Roma, Europe's largest and most marginalized ethnic minority, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Analyzing 235 news items in English, French, Italian, and Romanian, the study finds that coverage predominantly reinforced familiar stereotypes of otherness and marginalization, often framed through lenses of blame and backwardness. While English-language news and EU press releases more frequently addressed racism, discrimination, and human rights concerns, French, Italian, and Romanian outlets tended to emphasize ethnic otherness, sometimes perpetuating biased or one-sided narratives. The research highlights the role of translation—not only linguistic but ideological—in shaping public discourse across borders, revealing uneven engagement with systemic injustice and limited circulation of justice- or solutions-oriented content.