Translations are an omnipresent and often invisible part of everyday life. Translators not only process information linguistically, but also adapt the source texts to the social needs and societal habits of the target culture. In the process, they renegotiate social hierarchization processes which, however, remain as unseen behind the texts’ translated status as the translators themselves. The socio-scientific intersectionality theory offers a suitable method of revealing hidden power structures. In their introduction, the editors link that method with cultural translation studies and formulate key aspects of intersectional translation analysis. Inviting readers to examine Early Modern translation literature from intersectional perspectives, they provide an overview of the volume’s contributions, which test and evaluate the application of intersectionality research to translation studies.