Another promising career nipped in the bud...

Years ago, I wrote Scots translations of a couple of Discworld short stories ("Theatre of Cruelty" and "Death And What Comes Next"). Shortly thereafter I read in Ansible magazine that Harry Potter was to be translated to Classical Greek, and instantly wrote in wondering if there'd be a market for Hendrie Patter and the Wiseman's Stane, or at least if I could convince a publisher that there was.

It's now apparent that, if there is such a market, it's already been cornered. If anyone's going to translate Harry Potter into Scots, it's going to be Matthew Fitt and James Robertson of Itchy Coo , who have already done many of Roald Dahl's works (The Eejits, Geordie's Mingin Medicine, The Sleekit Mr Tod), Winnie-The-Pooh, Alan Grant's graphic novel versions of Kidnapped (Kidnappit) and Jekyll and Hyde (The Unco Case o Dr Jekyll an Mr Hyde), and a book of fairy tales.

As a Highlander, Scots is a second language (I speak Scottish English, which is different), so I'm starting with a disadvantage...

Edit: I'm not actually complaining about this; doing a couple of stories was fun, but a novel looks like work. I'd far rather someone else did it, and then I'd read it.

What's Your Word meme

Memed from capriuni

Your Word is "Think"

You see life as an amazing mix of possibilities, ideas, and fascinations. And sometimes you feel like you don't have enough time to take it all in. You love learning. Whether you're in school or not, you're probably immersed in several subjects right now. When you're not learning, you're busy reflecting. You think a lot about the people you know and the things you've experienced.

What's Your Word?