The starting point of this article is that even though words are translators' tools, the texts they translate often include images, sounds, and movement, too. In other words, translators need media literacy. In this article the author discusses translating picture books and films, using different retellings of Disney and Andersen as examples. In addition, the author ponders on issues such as text and situation as well as the interaction of the verbal, visual and aural information in the context of translation.