@andymcd90.bsky.social
Literary translator from Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan
A very positive day today delivering creative translation workshops to Year 5 students, who engaged brilliantly to translate Catalan poetry into English, using a range of cross-curricular skills.
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It is always worth listening to Kalaf Epalanga, but I particularly love the way he talks about translation here.
doeklitmag.com/writing-is-a...
Translating a book with a rhyme on *almost* every line.
Me: ...but what if it was *every* line?
My current translation is a rhyming children's story, which is nice in this season of festive gatherings because it's very easy for non-linguists to grasp why a machine couldn't do that.
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Hui a CastellΓ³
17.12.2025 11:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sometimes being a translator means resisting the urge to be an editor...or does it?
12.12.2025 15:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Cercas x McLean x Fitzcarraldo is some combo π₯
'God's Fool at the Ends of the Earth' is brilliant. One of the best books I've read this year.
Gaudint molt d'aquest capΓtol de @somgentrandom.bsky.social
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Co-released in three languages (English version in my translation): nordicalibros.com?s=Liceu&post...
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Such a pleasure to work on this book as part of the commemorations for the Petit Liceu's 25th anniversary. @nordicalibros.bsky.social
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Some beach reading πβ€οΈ
08.11.2025 07:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A host of @pelta.bsky.social translators featured in this fabulous collection of Brazilian Christmas stories from @newvesselpress.bsky.social.
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Today's post ππ§π·π
Pleased to be alongside some fine @pelta.bsky.social company in this wonderful anthology from @newvesselpress.bsky.social
Lovely to see so many translators I know, respect and admire on this longlist. Felicidades a todos!
queensofiaspanishinstitute.org/literature/lonβ¦
Angolan poet & historian Ana Paula Tavares has won the 2025 CamΓ΅es Prize for literature in the Portuguese language!
"Awarding the prize to Ana Paula Tavares celebrates the strength and beauty of Lusophone literature," said Brazil's culture minister, Margareth Menezes.
www.gov.br/bn/pt-br/cen...
Visca la terra, visca la llengua, visca el poble! #9dOctubre
09.10.2025 09:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Delighted to have one of my translations in this book. Just look at that cover! ππ§π·π
08.10.2025 11:55 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Never underestimate the importance and value of public libraries. Revolutionary spaces in modern times.
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Good line from George Monbiot on Radio 4 there: 'protest built our democracy'.
On the anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, let us never forget that ordinary people standing up for what is right is part of our history, a radical history of striving for a better world.
Huge congrats to the Cercador Prize finalists! @furiousleeper.bsky.social
02.10.2025 12:12 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Today is International Translation Day, so it seems like the perfect time to share the news that I have been awarded a grant from the Institut Ramon Llull to translate a sample of work by the legendary Valencian author Maria Beneyto! #ITD25
30.09.2025 15:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0When you find a Portuguese cafe in an unexpected place, it would be rude not to pop in for a cafezinho... β
29.09.2025 16:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks, will do! I've had another one published today (copies still in the post) so I'll add that too.
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Some of my recent publications.
Read global this #WorldKidLitMonth and always.
For a trilingual upbringing.
Per a una educaciΓ³ trilingΓΌe.
Para una educaciΓ³n trilingΓΌe.
(English version in my translation)
#WorldKidLitMonth
Bona Diada a tots els meus amics catalans!
11.09.2025 10:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It is obviously genocide, but the most important thing is stopping it NOW π
10.09.2025 21:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Very exciting news. I read this book in Spanish and it is brilliant. I'm sure Jacob's translation from the original Galician will be, too.
10.09.2025 11:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Γs trist quan vas a una llibreria al PaΓs ValenciΓ buscant literatura valenciana en valenciΓ i nomΓ©s hi ha una secciΓ³ molt xicoteta...clar, diran que es perquΓ¨ els llibres en valenciΓ no venen, perΓ², tambΓ©, si la gent no pot veure el que n'hi ha, no pot triar. I aixΓ² passa a les llibreries bones...
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