Co-founder of the Irish Translators’ Association in 1986 (now the ATII) and translator into and out of French, especially of poetry by Irish poets.

Founder of Red T, a non-profit organization for the protection of translators and interpreters in high-risk settings (red-t.org); former forensic linguist in the terrorism arena.

Literary correspondent of the Irish Times and champion of literature translated into English. († 2018)

Spanish-English translator of, among others, Miguel de Cervantes, Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos Fuentes. († 2023)

Translator of Roddy Doyle, Catherine Dunne, Bernard MacLaverty and Irvine Welsh, former chairperson of the ATII executive committee.

French-English and Spanish-English translator of Michel Houellebecq, Boualem Sansal and Alonso Cueto.

Translator and editor of Irish translation of the Bible in Irish published in 1982. († 2016)

Professor at Dublin City University, member of the Royal Irish Academy, Translation Studies scholar.

Professor of Italian at Trinity College Dublin, translator of the Decameron into English, founding member of the Irish Translators’ Association.

Translator into Chinese of Ulysses by James Joyce. († 2008)

Translator of Dante’s Inferno. († 2019)

Translator into German of works by Paul Muldoon, Scott Fitzgerald, Maeve Brennan.

Conference interpreter and interpreter trainer at the Directorate General for Interpretation at the European Commission.

Translator of Beowulf: A New Translation. († 2013)

Poet and translator from Middle to Modern Irish. († 2021)

Translator of Umberto Eco, Primo Levi and Italo Calvino. († 2013)

Actress, singer, translator of songs by Brecht and Weill into English. († 1999)

Poet and translator from Irish to English.

Founding member of the Irish Translators’ Association, poet and translator of poetry.