• Source: Laura McGloughlin

Laura McGloughlin is a translator of Catalan and Spanish literature into English. Her translated works include Stone in a Landslide by Maria Barbal, The Summer of Dead Toys and The Good Suicides by Antonio Hill, The Island of Last Truth by Flavia Company, and Hairless: Breaking the Vicious Circle of Hair Removal, Submission, and Self-Hatred by Bel Olid.




Biography


McGloughlin is an alumna of the University College Cork. She completed a master's in literary translation from the University of East Anglia. She has worked as an assessor for the English PEN Translates programme and as a commercial manager for Waterstones Booksellers. McGloughlin lives in London.




Translations


Translations by McGloughlin include Lluïsa Cunillé's play The Sale (Parthian, 2008), Stone in a Landslide by Maria Barbal (Peirene, 2010), the crime novels The Summer of Dead Toys and The Good Suicides by Antonio Hill, The Island of Last Truth by Flavia Company, as well as Wilder Winds and Hairless: Breaking the Vicious Circle of Hair Removal, Submission, and Self-Hatred by Bel Olid.
In his review of The Summer of Dead Toys, Barry Forshaw of The Independent noted that the "nuanced" translation reflected the "evocative and atmospheric language" of the original work. In a review of The Island of Last Truth for the Literary Review, Kate Munning writes that McGloughlin's "exquisite translation skills are in full effect throughout, from Prendel's engrossing, off-kilter internal monologues to his riveting escapades."




Honors and awards


2011 British Centre for Literary Translation Catalan-English Translation Mentorship
2018 shortlist, BookTrust In Other Words project, for translation of The Film Of Our Life by Maite Carranza
2022 Translator-In-Residence for the British Centre for Literary Translation




References






Further reading


McGloughlin, Laura (27 January 2022). "Why You Should Be Reading More Catalan Literature in Translation". Literary Hub.
McGloughlin, Laura (February 2022). "A Quiver of Skills: Non-Fiction and the Translator as Archer". New Writing. UEA Publishing Project.
McGloughlin, Laura (March 2022). "Mistakes". New Writing. UEA Publishing Project.




External links


Official website

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