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Grants Awarded

Pictured below are some examples of books by Scottish writers that have been translated into other languages with the support of the Translation Fund.

The Publishing Scotland Translation Fund is designed to encourage international publishers to translate works by Scottish writers. For more information about applying, see the Translation Support and Funding page.

The publishers and books awarded grants in the most recent rounds of the fund are listed below.

Round two of 2022/23

Twelve international publishers have received a total of £13,800 for works by Scottish authors to be translated into Ukrainian, Hebrew, Spanish, Dutch, Hungarian, Portuguese, German, Simple Chinese, and Georgian. The awards went to:

  • Bohdan Publishing House (Ukraine) for the Ukrainian edition of Wireless by Charles Stross (Orbit)
  • Hakibbutz Hame’uchad-Sifriat Poalim Publishing House (Israel) for the Hebrew edition of A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll (Knights Of)
  • Impedimenta (Spain) for the Spanish edition of The Accident on the A35 by Graeme Macrae Burnet (Saraband)
  • Lebowski (Netherlands) for the Dutch edition of In Ascension by Martin MacInnes (Atlantic)
  • Magvető (Hungary) for the Hungarian edition of Summer by Ali Smith (Hamish Hamilton)
  • PRH (Portugal) for the Portuguese edition of Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart (Pan Macmillan)
  • Rowohlt Verlag GmbH (Germany) for the German edition of Appliance by JO Morgan (Jonathan Cape)
  • Sexto Piso (Mexico) for the Spanish edition of Xstabeth by David Keenan (White Rabbit)
  • Shanghai Lucidabooks Co., Ltd (China) for the Simple Chinese edition of Lanark by Alasdair Gray (Canongate)
  • Singel Uitgeverijen (Netherlands) for the Dutch edition of Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet (Saraband)
  • Sulakauri (Georgia) for the Georgian edition of Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (Grove Press)
  • Argument Verlag mit Ariadne (Germany) for the German edition of The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing by Mary Paulson Ellis (Picador)

Round one of 2022/23

Fifteen international publishers have received a total of £16,000 for works by Scottish authors to be translated into Brazilian Portuguese, Croatian, Estonian, French, Galician, Italian, Lithuanian, Spanish, Swedish, and Ukrainian. The awards went to:

  • Alba Editorial (Spain) for the Spanish edition of Hex by Jenni Fagan (Polygon)
  • Baltos Lankos (Lithuania) for the Lithuanian edition of Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (Grove Press)
  • Capitan Swing Libros (Spain) for the Spanish edition of A Tomb with a View by Peter Ross (Headline)
  • Editora Morro Branco (Brazil) for the Brazilian Portuguese edition of Consider Phlebas by Iain Banks (Pan Macmillan)
  • Edizion Sur (Italy) for the Italian edition of Companion Piece by Ali Smith (Hamish Hamilton)
  • Franktura doo (Croatia) for the Croatian edition of Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart (Pan Macmillan)
  • Hegas (Sweden) for the Swedish edition of The Beast of Harwood Forest by Dan Smith (Barrington Stoke)
  • Hena (Croatia) for the Croatian edition of Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan (Faber)
  • Hugin e Munin (Spain) for the Galician edition of Trumpet by Jackie Kay (Picador)
  • Interno Edituria (Italy) for the Italian edition of Carve the Runes by George Mackay Brown (Polygon)
  • Jimenez Edizioni (Italy) for the Italian edition of The Book of the Gaels by James Yorkston (Oldcastle)
  • Libella (France) for the French edition of The Instant by Amy Liptrot (Canongate Books)
  • Nora Druk (Ukraine) for the Ukrainian edition of In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin (Orion Books)
  • Postimehe Kirjastus OÜ (Estonia) for the Estonian edition of O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker (Penguin)
  • Varrak (Estonia) for the Estonian edition of Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet (Saraband)

For a list of all the books awarded funding since 2015, see the PDF list 2015 to February 2023.