Translators of "Steller's History of Kamchatka; Collected Information Concerning the History of Kamchatka, Its Peoples, Their Manners, Names, Lifestyles, and Various Customary Practices", Margritt Engel and Karen Willmore, are working together again on newly found diaries of naturalist and explorer Georg Wilhelm Steller. The challenges they face in translating 18th century German, handwriting writing analysis, matching geographic descriptions with nomenclature, and sourcing words from Grimm and other references are a few of the themes highlighted.. Margritt Engel translated, Journal of a Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742 George Wilhelm Steller; with O.W. Frost in 1988. She is Professor Emerita in the Department of Languages at UAA. Karen Willmore coauthored with O.W. Frost Description of Unpublished Steller Papers in Smithsonian Archives and the Library of Congress. She is a retired UAA faculty member in the Department of Languages.