THOMAS CLARK is a Scots writer, poet and translator. He is best known for his work in translating A Series ofUnfortunate Events, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. He was co-founder of the Scots literary magazine Eemis Stane. He also was the co-translator of the Scots version of the web browser Firefox.GEORGE ORWELL was a novelist, essayist, reporter and critic who lived from 1903-1950. He produced different literary criticisms, fiction, and poems alongside his polemical journalism. Orwell is most well known for his novela Animal Farm and his novel Nineteen Eight-Four and is a highly respected writer who remains extremely influential in today’s popular culture. His name has even become an adjective - ‘Orwellian’ - to describe totalitarian and authoritarian societies in English language.He has been ranked among the ‘50 greatest British writers since 1945’ by The Times (2008).

This is a modern Scots masterpiece. – ASHLEY DOUGLAS, Writer and translatorBi ane o the skeeliest makars scrievin in Scots the day. – BILLY KAY, Writer[Animal Fairm] thus allows a large segment of the population of Scotland to appreciate Orwell's classic in a language that means much to them. It should also serve as a very useful primer for others whose acquaintance with the language is more passing but who want to gain a better understanding of it. – UNDISCOVERED SCOTLANDThe Note and his Introduction… aside from his wry, self-deprecating humour, they made me keen to learn more about the language, to learn to read it better, not just read his translation. – IAN CHADWICK

THOMAS CLARK is a Scots writer, poet and translator. He is best known for his work in translating A Series ofUnfortunate Events, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. He was co-founder of the Scots literary magazine Eemis Stane. He also was the co-translator of the Scots version of the web browser Firefox.GEORGE ORWELL was a novelist, essayist, reporter and critic who lived from 1903-1950. He produced different literary criticisms, fiction, and poems alongside his polemical journalism. Orwell is most well known for his novela Animal Farm and his novel Nineteen Eight-Four and is a highly respected writer who remains extremely influential in today’s popular culture. His name has even become an adjective - ‘Orwellian’ - to describe totalitarian and authoritarian societies in English language.He has been ranked among the ‘50 greatest British writers since 1945’ by The Times (2008).

This is a modern Scots masterpiece. – ASHLEY DOUGLAS, Writer and translatorBi ane o the skeeliest makars scrievin in Scots the day. – BILLY KAY, Writer[Animal Fairm] thus allows a large segment of the population of Scotland to appreciate Orwell's classic in a language that means much to them. It should also serve as a very useful primer for others whose acquaintance with the language is more passing but who want to gain a better understanding of it. – UNDISCOVERED SCOTLANDThe Note and his Introduction… aside from his wry, self-deprecating humour, they made me keen to learn more about the language, to learn to read it better, not just read his translation. – IAN CHADWICK

THOMAS CLARK is a Scots writer, poet and translator. He is best known for his work in translating A Series ofUnfortunate Events, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. He was co-founder of the Scots literary magazine Eemis Stane. He also was the co-translator of the Scots version of the web browser Firefox.GEORGE ORWELL was a novelist, essayist, reporter and critic who lived from 1903-1950. He produced different literary criticisms, fiction, and poems alongside his polemical journalism. Orwell is most well known for his novela Animal Farm and his novel Nineteen Eight-Four and is a highly respected writer who remains extremely influential in today’s popular culture. His name has even become an adjective - ‘Orwellian’ - to describe totalitarian and authoritarian societies in English language.He has been ranked among the ‘50 greatest British writers since 1945’ by The Times (2008).

This is a modern Scots masterpiece. – ASHLEY DOUGLAS, Writer and translatorBi ane o the skeeliest makars scrievin in Scots the day. – BILLY KAY, Writer[Animal Fairm] thus allows a large segment of the population of Scotland to appreciate Orwell's classic in a language that means much to them. It should also serve as a very useful primer for others whose acquaintance with the language is more passing but who want to gain a better understanding of it. – UNDISCOVERED SCOTLANDThe Note and his Introduction… aside from his wry, self-deprecating humour, they made me keen to learn more about the language, to learn to read it better, not just read his translation. – IAN CHADWICK