'In the tryst o oor hames': The Impact of Translingual Poetry in Post-Devolutionary Scotland Research

Translingual poetry has a long pedigree in Scotland due to the nation's multilingualism rooted in its inception as a tenth-century kingdom combining speakers of Scots, Gaelic, and Pictish. However, multilingualism has also been influenced by centuries of exchange as Scots interacted with others abroad and speakers of foreign languages chose to make Scotland their home. The

centuries of multilingual writing this has produced have rarely been studied through the lens of translingualism even with 'the explosion of interest in translingual literature during the past two decades' (Kellman, 2020). The lack of engagement between Scottish Literature and disciplines such as Translation Studies which engage with translingualism has contributed to this scholastic

siloing of Scottish writing despite the fertile ground for interdisciplinary study. Now is the perfect time to bridge the gap between Scottish literary studies and research into literary translingualism. Following devolution and the two referendums of the 2010s, the position of Scottish identity in the 21st century is particularly precarious. Foregrounding

Scotland's multilingual context through the study of a form of literature which complicates and transgresses established definitions of identity will contribute to polysemic understandings of the nation's past and present which can influence how its future is imagined. Additionally, the continuing consequences of climate change will likely see an increase in global migration and so

it is likely that the makeup of Scotland will continue to diversify. Literary translingualism is an ideal form for expressing and exploring a multiplicity that will only increase in Scotland throughout the 21st century and beyond. This is therefore the perfect time to analyse the place of translingualism in Scottish literature.