fionn petch is a scottish translator. he was born in scotland, and lived for long periods in mexico city and berlin. he has a doctorate in philosophy from the national university of mexico (unam). as a translator, he has translated fiction, poetry, drama and children's books. he also works on books and exhibition catalogues on art and architecture. among noted translations are "a straggly smile" by vanessa saint cyr, "the distance between us" by renato cisneros and "fireflies" by luis sagasti.