Close menu
BBC Scotland
Authors Live

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Translating into Gaelic
View More From The Gruffalo’s 20th Birthday
Catriona describes how her father translated The Gruffalo into Gaelic.
  1. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  7. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  8. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
  9. Re-imagining Scottish folklore
    01:48
    Re-imagining Scottish folklore
  10. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  11. Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
    05:25
    Reading of The Gecko and the Echo
  12. Poet recommendations
    02:45
    Poet recommendations
  13. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  14. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  15. Joyful Poetry
    00:53
    Joyful Poetry
  16. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  17. Noi and his family
    03:19
    Noi and his family
    18. Now playing
    Up next