Howard Scott is a Canadian literary translator.Jane van Koeverden, "How Phyllis Aronoff & Howard Scott translated their way to a Governor General's Literary Award". CBC Books, November 29, 2018. He is most noted as co-winner with Phyllis Aronoff of the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2018 Governor General's Awards for Descent Into Night, their translation of Edem Awumey's novel Explication de la nuit.
They were previously nominated in the same category at the 2009 Governor General's Awards for A Slight Case of Fatigue, their translation of Stéphane Bourguignon's Un peu de fatigue."Governor General's Literary Awards nominees". Telegraph-Journal, October 15, 2009.
They won the Cole Foundation Prize for Translation at the 2001 Quebec Writers' Federation Awards for The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701: French-Native Diplomacy in the Seventeenth Century (Gilles Havard, La Grand Paix de Montréal de 1701: les voies de la diplomatie franco-amérindienne),Pat Donnelly, "Gazette's Todd scores 2 awards". Montreal Gazette, November 30, 2001. and were nominated in 2007 for My Name Is Bosnia (Madeleine Gagnon, Je m'appelle Bosnia)"Writers nominated for QWF prizes". Montreal Gazette, October 18, 2007. and in 2015 for As Always (Madeleine Gagnon, Depuis toujours).Eleanor Brown, "QWF 2015". Sherbrooke Record, October 23, 2015.
In 2022, their translation of Rima Elkouri's novel Manam was shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize."Two translated titles among finalists for $60,000 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail, September 14, 2022.
Scott is a native of Plattsville, Ontario, and was educated at McGill University and Concordia University.Lisa Hagen, "From rural roots to Rideau Hall". New Hamburg Independent, November 15, 2018. He began his career by translating Louky Bersianik's Eugélionne as his master's project at Concordia,Bronwyn Chester, "Translating has its rewards: A fascination with sex and language leads to G-G's prize". Montreal Gazette, January 31, 1998. for which he won the Governor General's Award for translation at the 1997 Governor General's Awards.Robert Reid, "Jane Urquhart wins Governor General's Award for fiction". Waterloo Region Record, November 19, 1997.
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