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Patricia Claxton was born in Kingston, Ontario, spent most of her childhood in India, and eventually came to Montreal, where she graduated from The Study School, McGill University (B.A.), and l'Université de Montréal (M.A. Translation). After working in investment analysis, she returned to her studies, family duties permitting, and began practicing freelance translation in 1964. She taught translation for eight years at l'Université de Montréal. A certified member of the Ordre des traducteurs et interprètes agréés du Québec, she served four years on its Council, with responsibility for the development of examination procedures and standards. She was also founding president of the LTAC. Besides her literary and other translations, she has written articles, addresses, and briefs, mainly on various aspects of translation. She received the Governor General's Award for translation in 1987 and Canada Council Honorable Mentions for translation in 1973, 1980, and 1986, and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award in 1990 and 1994. She is currently translating François Ricard's biography of Gabrielle Roy.

Français -> Anglais

• Essai
• Poésie
• Roman et Nouvelle

• Nicole Brossard, "Baroque at Dawn" (translation of "Baroque d'aube"), Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1997
• Jacques Godbout, "The Golden Galarneaus" (translation of "Le temps des Galarneau"), Toronto: Coach House (distr. McClelland & Stewart), 1995
• Jean-Pierre Guillet, "The Magdalen Islands Mystery" (translation of "Mystère aux Îles-de-la-Madeleine"), Waterloo, Que.: Quintin Publishers, 1994
• Ronald Lavallée, "Tchipayuk, or The Way of the Wolf, [On being Métis]" (translation of "Tchipayuk, ou Le chemin du Loup"), Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1994
• Jean-Pierre Guillet, "The Cliff Case" (translation of "Enquête sur la falaise"), Waterloo, Que.: Quintin Publishers, 1993
• Naïm Kattan, "Abu Nuas Street" in "The Neighbour and Other Stories" (translation of ""Rue About Nouas" in "Dans le désert"), Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1982
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau, "The Poverty of Nationalist Thinking in Quebec" (translation of "La pauvreté de la pensée nationaliste au Québec") in Axworthy, Thomas S. and Pierre Elliott Trudeau, eds., Towards a Just Society, 2nd ed., Toronto: Penguin, 1992; Maclean's Magazine, Sept. 28, 1992
• Jacques Hébert, "Legislating for Freedom" (translation of "Le Législateur au service de la liberté") in Axworthy, Thomas S., and Pierre Elliott Trudeau, eds., Towards a Just Society, Toronto: Viking (Penguin Canada), 1990
• Fernand Ouellet, "The Quiet Revolution: A Turning Point" (translation of "La révolution tranquille, tournant révolutionnaire?") in Axworthy, Thomas S., and Pierre Elliott Trudeau, eds., Towards a Just Society, Toronto: Viking (Penguin Canada), 1990
• Gabrielle Roy, "Letters to Bernadette" (translation of "Ma chère petite sœur. Lettres à Bernadette") (ed. by François Ricard), Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1990