Barbara Macdonald accepts a copy of Anna Ruadh from publisher Emily McEwan. Photo by Parks Canada staff
On Wednesday, December 8th, 2021, Bradan Press was honoured to present a copy of Anna Ruadh, our Scottish Gaelic translation of Anne of Green Gables, to Green Gables Heritage Place in Prince Edward Island.
Arriving at Green Gables.
We’re grateful to Anna Ruadh illustrator Etta Moffatt and Lewis MacKinnon of Oifis Iomairtean na Gàidhlig / Office of Gaelic Affairs for participating with us. We missed our translator Mòrag Anna MacNeil—tha sinn a’ dèanamh fiughar ris an latha far am bi thu ann còmhla ruinn aig Stuaghan Uaine, a Mhòrag Anna!
Julie Pellissier-Lush, Barbara MacDonald, Etta Moffatt, Emily McEwan and Lewis MacKinnon at the presentation of a Scottish Gaelic language copy of Anna Ruadh to the Green Gables Heritage Place.
Prince Edward Island Poet laureate and Indigenous Knowledge Keeper Julie Pellissier-Lush (at left in the photo) opened the ceremony with a prayer and song for strong women. Barbara MacDonald (second from left) accepted the Anna Ruadh book on behalf of Parks Canada.
Emily and Lewis holding Gaelic flag. Photo by Parks Canada staff-Parks Canada
Our profound thanks to the Parks Canada staff of Green Gables Heritage Place for recognizing the cultural significance of this translation, and organizing and hosting this beautiful and meaningful ceremony.
Illustrator Etta Moffatt speaks at the gathering. Photo by Parks Canada staff
Anna Ruadh joins translations of Anne of Green Gables into Albanian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sinhala, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish and Ukranian. Many of these translations are displayed on a wall at Green Gables.
Emily McEwan with the translation cover wall at Green Gables.
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