Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Celebrating International Translation Day by taking a break from translating a Spanish novel to enjoy some queijada in a Portuguese cafe while reading a Catalan novel. #ITD 011
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Tant de bo pogués anar a vore això! Wish I could go to this! A theatre production based on texts by Maria Beneyto. There is an English sample of her short story collection of the same name available in my translation. 010
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 13/06/2026A caminho de Londres para representar @pelta.bsky.social na FLILP! Vemo-nos lá? 000
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Great feedback from students who can be very proud of their work! @stephenspender.bsky.social 022
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 11/03/2026On my way to / de camí a / a caminho de / de camino a #LBF26 000
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Two weeks today, I'll be at the London Book Fair. See you there? #LBF26 000
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 11/02/2026A 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. 020
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 28/12/2025It is always worth listening to Kalaf Epalanga, but I particularly love the way he talks about translation here. doeklitmag.com/writing-is-a...doeklitmag.comWriting Is A Kind Of Translation“Writing itself is already a kind of translation.” — Literatea with Kalaf Epalanga. 000
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Translating a book with a rhyme on *almost* every line. Me: ...but what if it was *every* line? 000
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 21/12/2025My 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. 000
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Sometimes being a translator means resisting the urge to be an editor...or does it? 000
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Cercas x McLean x Fitzcarraldo is some combo 🔥 'God's Fool at the Ends of the Earth' is brilliant. One of the best books I've read this year. 010
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Gaudint molt d'aquest capítol de @somgentrandom.bsky.social 011
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Such a pleasure to work on this book as part of the commemorations for the Petit Liceu's 25th anniversary. @nordicalibros.bsky.social 100
Reposted by Andrew McDougallPELTA @pelta.bsky.social · 22/10/2025A host of @pelta.bsky.social translators featured in this fabulous collection of Brazilian Christmas stories from @newvesselpress.bsky.social. 022
Reposted by Andrew McDougallNew Vessel Press @newvesselpress.bsky.social · 19/10/2025newvesselpress.com/books/very-b...newvesselpress.comVery Brazilian ChristmasA literary celebration of Christmas south of the equator where the holiday falls during the Brazilian summer and the festivities are punctuated by the 001
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Today's post 😍🇧🇷🎄 Pleased to be alongside some fine @pelta.bsky.social company in this wonderful anthology from @newvesselpress.bsky.social 141
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Lovely to see so many translators I know, respect and admire on this longlist. Felicidades a todos! queensofiaspanishinstitute.org/literature/lon… 000
Reposted by Andrew McDougallPELTA @pelta.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Angolan poet & historian Ana Paula Tavares has won the 2025 Camões 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...gov.brPoeta angolana Ana Paula Tavares conquista o Prêmio Camões 2025 042
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Visca la terra, visca la llengua, visca el poble! #9dOctubre 000
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Delighted to have one of my translations in this book. Just look at that cover! 💚🇧🇷🎄 132
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Never underestimate the importance and value of public libraries. Revolutionary spaces in modern times. 000
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Good 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. 010
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Huge congrats to the Cercador Prize finalists! @furiousleeper.bsky.social 030
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Today 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 010
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 29/09/2025When you find a Portuguese cafe in an unexpected place, it would be rude not to pop in for a cafezinho... ☕ 000
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Some of my recent publications. Read global this #WorldKidLitMonth and always. 111
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 24/09/2025For a trilingual upbringing. Per a una educació trilingüe. Para una educación trilingüe. (English version in my translation) #WorldKidLitMonth 011
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 10/09/2025It is obviously genocide, but the most important thing is stopping it NOW 👇 010
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Very 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. 110
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 10/09/2025És trist quan vas a una llibreria al País Valencià buscant literatura valenciana en valencià i només hi ha una secció molt xicoteta...clar, diran que es perquè els llibres en valencià no venen, però, també, si la gent no pot veure el que n'hi ha, no pot triar. I això passa a les llibreries bones... 020
Reposted by Andrew McDougallThe Queen's Translation Exchange @translationexch.bsky.social · 28/08/2025#MFL teachers: exciting news! The Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators - a free languages competition for students 11-18 studying French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish - launches again on 19/09. Register to receive teaching packs in time for EU Day of Languages! tinyurl.com/mue8r7hctinyurl.comAnthea Bell Prize for Young Translators - The Queen's College, OxfordThe Translation Exchange launched this competition for schools in 2020. The competition is inspired by the life and work of the great translator Anthea Bell. It aims to promote language learning acros... 022
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 22/08/2025"We don't care how the West decides to label what is happening; they are exterminating us." 000
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Otro año más en el foro social del Rototom! Imaginemos un futuro mejor. 000
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Arròs al forn 👌 Not as famous as its cousin paella, but every bit as good. 100
Reposted by Andrew McDougallEnglish PEN @englishpen.bsky.social · 30/06/2025We are deeply concerned by the Government's proposal to proscribe the protest group Palestine Action under terrorism legislation. Read our joint statement with @peninternational.bsky.social, @scottishpen.bsky.social & Wales PEN Cymru ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...englishpen.orgProscribing Palestine Action as terrorist organisation threatens fundamental rights - News & Events - English PEN 12216
Reposted by Andrew McDougallOrenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social · 24/06/2025WOW! 'Double Room is Anne Sénès' first literary novel and it's quite the debut. Despite its relative brevity, this elegy to love and grief is an exquisitely immersive read which left me reeling.' LOVE this review of @annesenes.bsky.social' #DoubleRoom, T #AliceBanks! Add it to your #TBR! 012
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Feeling enthused after delivering a creative translation workshop to a group of Y6 students, who really engaged with the Spanish-language poem. Translation is a powerful tool for developing a range of transferible cross-curricular skills! @stephenspender.bsky.social @translationexch.bsky.social 032
Reposted by Andrew McDougallJen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Tonight in Glasgow! at Mount Florida Books! FREE! mountfloridabooks.com/products/jen... @prototypepubs.bsky.socialmountfloridabooks.comJen Calleja | Fair | 16th June @ 7pmJoin us during Indie Bookshop Week for a discussion with Jen Calleja to discuss her new work Fair : The Life art of Translation. Fair is a satirical, refreshing and brilliantly playful book about lea... 184
Andrew McDougall @andymcd90.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Out now in my translation: algareditorial.com/small-size-c... 000