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Andrew McDougall
@andymcd90.bsky.social
Literary translator from Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan
It is always worth listening to Kalaf Epalanga, but I particularly love the way he talks about translation here.

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Writing Is A Kind Of Translation
“Writing itself is already a kind of translation.” — Literatea with Kalaf Epalanga.
doeklitmag.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Translating a book with a rhyme on *almost* every line.

Me: ...but what if it was *every* line?
December 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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.
December 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Hui a Castelló
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Sometimes being a translator means resisting the urge to be an editor...or does it?
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Cercas 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.
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Gaudint molt d'aquest capítol de @somgentrandom.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Such a pleasure to work on this book as part of the commemorations for the Petit Liceu's 25th anniversary. @nordicalibros.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Some beach reading 👀❤️
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Reposted by Andrew McDougall
A host of @pelta.bsky.social translators featured in this fabulous collection of Brazilian Christmas stories from @newvesselpress.bsky.social.
Today's post 😍🇧🇷🎄

Pleased to be alongside some fine @pelta.bsky.social company in this wonderful anthology from @newvesselpress.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Today's post 😍🇧🇷🎄

Pleased to be alongside some fine @pelta.bsky.social company in this wonderful anthology from @newvesselpress.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Lovely to see so many translators I know, respect and admire on this longlist. Felicidades a todos!

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October 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Reposted by Andrew McDougall
Angolan 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.

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Poeta angolana Ana Paula Tavares conquista o Prêmio Camões 2025
www.gov.br
October 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Visca la terra, visca la llengua, visca el poble! #9dOctubre
October 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Delighted to have one of my translations in this book. Just look at that cover! 💚🇧🇷🎄
Published today: A literary celebration of Christmas south of the equator where the holiday falls in Brazilian summer and festivities are punctuated by rhythms of surf and samba. It's the tenth volume in the New Vessel Press holiday anthology series.

newvesselpress.com/books/very-b...
October 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Never underestimate the importance and value of public libraries. Revolutionary spaces in modern times.
October 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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.
October 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Huge congrats to the Cercador Prize finalists! @furiousleeper.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today 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
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
When you find a Portuguese cafe in an unexpected place, it would be rude not to pop in for a cafezinho... ☕
September 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Some of my recent publications.
Read global this #WorldKidLitMonth and always.
September 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
For a trilingual upbringing.
Per a una educació trilingüe.
Para una educación trilingüe.

(English version in my translation)
#WorldKidLitMonth
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Bona Diada a tots els meus amics catalans!
September 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
It is obviously genocide, but the most important thing is stopping it NOW 👇
"We don't care how the West decides to label what is happening; they are exterminating us."
September 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM