This paper reconstructs the global and interperipheral circulation of the Romanian novel (originals 1860-2000; translations 1860-2025) through quantitative and network-based modelling. Drawing on Smith’s concept of the “translationscape” (2017) and Baghiu’s semi-peripheral analysis (2021), the study operationalises translation as a relational and historically dynamic system embedded in institutional networks (Bourdieu 1993; Heilbron 1999; Sapiro 2014).

The dataset integrates approximately 8000 Romanian novels with 1400 documented translation editions (c. 250 titles) across more than 50 target languages. Translationscapes are modelled as time-sliced multilayer networks linking works, languages, publishers, and translators. Community detection (Louvain modularity) identifies cohesive clusters, enabling cross-period comparison of structural differentiation.

Preliminary results show that Romanian novel circulation is not reducible to a simple centre-periphery axis. Interwar translations display higher modular differentiation and balanced cluster distribution, often privileging Central and Eastern European languages before Western “core” markets. The socialist period produces denser but more centralised structures, while post-1989 circulation exhibits fragmentation alongside increased linguistic diversification. Re-edition depth further reveals differentiated integration patterns across language zones.

By transforming bibliographic corpora into comparable relational models, the paper demonstrates how world-literature theory can be operationalised through reproducible network analysis. It proposes a transferable framework for modelling peripheral literary mobility and invites discussion on how quantitative translationscapes reshape our understanding of global literary hierarchies.