This article takes a translation approach—from theoretical frameworks and ethics to practical implications—to explore how this key academic field can engage with the context of sustainability and environmental protection in a way that contributes meaningfully to the idea of sustainable development future. As the custodian of global texts, connections between languages and cultures enable environmental exchanges in the Earth Age and beyond. Language translation, which has always been essential—even critical—in most development initiatives, has become even more important for environmental awareness initiatives because environmental conditions on our planet are not uniform to begin with. While translation is needed to communicate and gain local knowledge from the different types of communities living here and around the Earth, the depth of many environmental literacy skills requires nuanced translations into different languages to communicate future environmental policy and strategy to the local communities developing and implementing these projects. As part of an approach to translation, ecological discourse and such development initiatives, this article presents guidelines for a translation approach to human-era issues related to environmental protection, texts based on environmental literacy, and ethical sensitivity and awareness of global environmental issues.