Professor Clíona Ní Ríordáin, O'Donnell Professor in the Department of Irish Language and Literature, has been shortlisted for the Society of Authors Scott Moncrieff prize for her translation, Yell, Sam, If You Still Can by Maylis Besserie, published by Lilliput Press. The Scott Moncrieff prize is an annual award for translations into English of full–length French works of literary merit and general interest. This year’s judges are Constance Bantman, Jane MacKenzie and David Mills. "These translations have impressed us with their ability to convey cultural nuances, ambiances, moods, tones, voices – from the lyrical to the comedic and the pathetic. All of them are also important translation propositions, be it in bringing out the modernity of a timeless classic, translating poetic prose, or transporting the readers to largely hidden corners of contemporary France," wrote Judge Constance Bantman.