Francis de Lima

Languages

Mother tongue

English, Finnish, Portuguese

Translates from

Finnish

Translates to

English

Other language skills

Portuguese

Education

Academic degree

MA Poetic Practice, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2025/26 (Experimental poetry and poetics)
BA American Literature & Creative Writing, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2021/22 (Contemporary American poetry, ecopoetics)

Additional subject-specific studies

Additionally completed one year of English philology at University of Helsinki before transferring to the UK. Significant experience working from archives.

Translations

Interests and specialisation

Fiction, Poetry, Non-fiction

List of translations

Bengstkär & Rosala - Food from the Longhouse to the Lighthouse. A La Carte Kirjat, 2023. Original title: Bengtskär & Rosala - Makumatka majakkaelämään ja muinaisuuteen by Paula & Nora Wilson. Genre: Non-fiction. Credited as "Paulo Francis Machado de Lima"

Cunto - Single poem. , 2021. Original title: Cunto by Joelle Taylor. Genre: Poetry. Translated Joelle Taylor's award winning poem 'Cunto' into Finnish for LIWRE 2022.

Now translating

In conversation with several Finnish novelists and publishers. On the lookout for British publishers.

Sample translations

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Päivitetty: 18.9.2026