Translations

Erskine’s magazines published a substantial amount of translated content: from other languages into Gaelic and from Gaelic into English. Many of the contributors, including Erskine himself, saw translation as an important means to strengthen links between Gaelic writing and other literary traditions and to activate different registers and vocabulary sources. The magazines published the works of translators such as Hugh Laing | Ùisdean Laing and Donald MacCallum | Dòmhnall MacCaluim.

TRANSLATIONS INTO GAELIC

Am Bàrd

Guth na Bliadhna

  • William Wordsworth: ‘Immaculata’ [poetry, GD; translation by ‘Moluag’, likely Ruaraidh Erskine], Volume II, Issue 1 (Winter 1905)
  • ‘Dies Irae (La na Feirg)’ [poetry, GD; translation by John MacDonald of Keppoch], Volume III, Issue 3 (Summer 1906)
  • John Greenleaf Whittier: ‘A’ Phiobmhor aig Lucgnodh’ [poetry, GD; translation by Aonghas MachDhonnachaidh], Volume IX, Issue 3 (Summer 1912)
  • Thomas Gray: ‘Marbhrann Sgriobhta an Cill Duthcha’ [poetry, GD; translation by ‘Cailein Gorm,’ likely Ruaraidh Erskine], Volume IX, Issue 2 (Summer 1914)
  • Lord Byron: ‘Loch nan Garr’ [poetry, GD; translated by Ùisdean Laing], Volume XI, Issue 4 (Winter 1914)
  • Pierre de Ronsard: ‘Fàilte don Earrach’ [poetry, GD; translation by Dòmhnall MacCaluim], Volume XIII, Issue 1 (Spring 1916)
  • Tatiana Shchepkin-Kupernik: ‘A’ Ghruag Uaine’ [prose, GD; translation by Aonghas MacEanraig], Volume XIII, Issue 2 (Summer 1916)
  • James I of Scotland: ‘Gàradh na Luchairte’ [poetry, GD; translation by Dòmhnall MacCaluim], Volume XIII, Issue 2 (Summer 1916)
  • Pierre Loti: ‘Uaigh an Laoich’ [prose, GD; translation by Aonghas MacEanraig], Volume XIII, Issue 3 (Autumn 1916)
  • William Wordsworth: ‘Luchairt Chill-chuirn’ [poetry, GD; translation by Dòmhnall MacCaluim], Volume XIII, Issue 3 (Autumn 1916)
  • ‘Seudan Peairseach’ [poetry, GD; translation by Dòmhnall Mac na Ceàrdaich], Volume XIII, Issue 3 (Autumn 1916)
  • ‘Iain Dryden air Gràdh’ [poetry, GD; translation by Dòmhnall MacCaluim], Volume XIV, Issue 4 (Winter 1917)
  • Ramon de Campoamor: ‘Gach Nì agus Neoni’ [poetry, GD; translation by Dòmhnall Mac na Ceàrdaich], Volume XV, Issue 2 (Summer 1918)
  • Antoine Ó Raifteirí: ‘Dàn’ [poetry, GD; translator not mentioned], Volume XVI, Issue 2 (Summer 1919)

Alba I

  • R. B. Cunninghame Graham: ‘Tobar na Rèil’ [prose, GD; translation by Dòmhnall Foirbeiseach], Issue 16 (23 May 1908)
  • Lord Byron: ‘Don Chuan’ [poetry, GD; translator not mentioned], Issue 25 (25 July 1908)
  • Walter Scott: ‘Lochinbhar’ [poetry, GD; translation by ‘Mac-Mharcuis’], Issue 41 (14 November 1908)

An Sgeulaiche

  • [unattributed]: ‘Am Ministear Ceòlmhor’ [prose, GD; translated by Iain MacCormaig], Volume I, Issue 1 (September 1909)
  • H. W. Longfellow: ‘Bàs Minnihaha’ [poetry, GD; translator not mentioned], Volume I, Issue 1 (September 1909)
  • Robert Hichens: ‘Na Coinnlean Laiste’ [prose, GD; translated by ‘Fraoch’, likely Ruaraidh Erskine], Volume I, Issue 3 (November 1909) & Volume I, Issue 4 (December 1909)
  • William Edmondstoune Aytoun: ‘Bàs Mhont-Rois’ [poetry, GD; translated by Màiri Chamshron], Volume II, Issue 1 (Spring 1910)

An Ròsarnach

  • Ludwig Uhland: ‘Na Trì Òrain’ [poetry, GD; translated by Ùisdean Laing], Volume I (1917)
  • Christina Rossetti: ‘Òran’ [poetry, GD; translated by Ùisdean Laing], Volume I (1917)
  • Christopher Marlowe: ‘An Uair Dheireannach aig Faustus’ [poetry, GD; translated by Ùisdean Laing], Volume I (1917)

TRANSLATIONS FROM GAELIC

Guth na Bliadhna

  • Ruaraidh Erskine: ‘Ealain Dhòmhnuill MhicEacharn’ [essay, ENG], Volume VIII, Issue 2 (Spring 1911) and 3 (Summer 1911), with extracts translated into English by Erskine

The Scottish Review

  • Iain MacCormaig: ‘The Chinese Pirates’ [prose, ENG; translated from Gaelic by Ruaraidh Erskine], Issue 77, Volume 38 (Spring 1915)
  • Dòmhnall MacEacharn: ‘Reformation’ [prose, ENG; translated from Gaelic by Ruaraidh Erskine], Issue 78, Volume 38 (Summer 1915)
  • Dòmhnall MacEacharn: ‘The Exploits of the Aged’ [prose, ENG; translated from Gaelic by Ruaraidh Erskine], Issue 80, Volume 38 (Winter 1915)
  • Coinneach MacLeòid: ‘The Spell of the Sea’ [prose, ENG; translated from Gaelic by Ruaraidh Erskine], Issue 81, Volume 39 (Spring 1916)
  • Dòmhnall Mac na Ceàrdaich: ‘The Cotton-Flower of the Hills’ [prose, ENG; translated from Gaelic by Ruaraidh Erskine], Issue 82, Volume 39 (Summer 1916)
  • ‘The Student and the Cat’ [poem, ENG; translation of ‘Pangur Bàn’; translator not attributed], Issue 84, Volume 39 (Winter 1916)
  • Aonghas MacEanraig: ‘War and the Vote’ [essay, ENG; translated from Gaelic by Ruaraidh Erskine], Issue 83, Volume 39 (Autumn 1916) – Issue 85, Volume 40 (Spring 1917)
  • Dòmhnall Mac na Ceàrdaich: ‘Innis-Deoin-a’Chridhe’ [poetry, ENG; translated from Gaelic by T. Gwynn Jones; original first published in An Ròsarnach; translation reprinted from The Welsh Outlook]
  • Aonghas MacEanraig: ‘Federalism and Finance’ [essay, ENG; translated from Gaelic by Ruaraidh Erskine], Issue 86, Volume 40 (Summer 1917)
  • Dòmhnall MacEacharn: ‘Rot’ [prose, ENG; translated from Gaelic by Ruaraidh Erskine], Issue 88, Volume 40 (Winter 1917)
  • Dòmhnall Mac na Ceàrdaich: ‘The Land of His Sires’ [play, ENG; translated from Gaelic by Ruaraidh Erskine], Issue 95, Volume 42 (Autumn 1919)

The Pictish Review

  • Dòmhnall Mac na Ceàrdaich: ‘The Ship of Youth’ [poetry, GD; free and unrhymed translation of a song from Sinclair’s play Long-nan-Òg by Ruaraidh Erskine], Issue 1, Volume I (November 1927)
  • Dòmhnall Mac na Ceàrdaich: ‘Powers of the Sea’ [prose, ENG; translated from Gaelic into English by Erskine; original published in An Ròsarnach, Vol. III (1921)], Issue 1, Volume I (November 1927) – Issue 5, Volume I (March 1928)
  • Neil Munro: ‘The Old Tribute’ [prose, ENG; originally published in English, translated into Gaelic, submitted to An Comunn Gàidhealach for a competition, back into English by Ruaraidh Erskine], Issue 6, Volume I (April 1928)
  • Dòmhnall MacEacharn: “A Night on Ceilidh” [prose, ENG; translated from Gaelic by Ruaraidh Erskine], Issue 7, Volume I (May 1928)
  • Donnchadh MacIain: ‘Red Donald of the Hill-Foot’ [prose, ENG; translated from Gaelic by Ruaraidh Erskine], Issue 8, Volume I (June 1928)