Download or read book Frae Ither Tongues written by Bill Findlay and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2004 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays represents the first extended analysis of the nature and practice of modern translation into Scots. It comprises essays of two complementary kinds: reflections by translators on their practice in a given work, and critical analyses of the use of Scots in representative translations. The twelve essays cover poetry, fiction, drama and folk ballads, and translations from Greek, Latin, Chinese, Italian, French, Russian, Danish, Romanesco and Quebecois.