John Corbett, "Written in the Language of the Scottish Nation: A History of Literary Translation into Scots"
Multilingual Matters | 1999 | ISBN: 0585126232 | English | EPUB | 595 pages | 0.4 Mb
Multilingual Matters | 1999 | ISBN: 0585126232 | English | EPUB | 595 pages | 0.4 Mb
This text is a survey of Scots literary translations from the 15th to the 20th century. It argues that translation has played a central role in the development of literature in Scots, lending authority to the vernacular and extending the stylistic range open to writers in Scots.