Work with Andrew McDougall!

Translation, proofreading and editing

I translate from Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan into English. I have an MA in Literary Translation from the University of East Anglia and my specialist fields are literary, academic, sport, education and culture. I also offer editing and proofreading services.

Experience

My work has included translating books, children’s books, book chapters, short stories, academic papers, journalism and more. I also provide reader’s reports on foreign language books and have edited and proofread a wide variety of texts, from literary to technical.

My clients have included:

• Publishers: Flipped Eye, Zero a Oito, Penguin Random House
• Universities: UCL, University of the Basque Country (EHU/UPV)
• Cultural/Sporting Bodies: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, LaLiga
• Agencies: London Literary Scouting, Canopy Group, Andiamo
• Newspapers: MARCA
• Individual authors and translators

Publications

My published literary work includes a co-translation of a book by José Eduardo Agualusa, as well as translating short fiction by Gabriela Ruivo Trindade, Clodie Vasli and Decio Zylbersztajn.

I work on a regular basis for Spanish sports paper MARCA, adapting content for their English language website and sometimes penning original pieces.

Recent work

In 2022 so far, I have translated a Brazilian novel and four Portuguese children’s books. I also edited an anthology of Afro-Brazilian short stories (which included six of my own translations), to be published in 2023 by UCL Press.

More about me

I was born in Glasgow and studied Portuguese and English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. I have also lived in Sussex, Lisbon, Coimbra, Logroño, Vitoria-Gasteiz and Norwich, where I completed my MA.

In addition to my translation and related work, I also have over five years’ experience working in education in England and Spain.

I am currently based in Sussex, England.