Robin Patterson has participated in both the Birkbeck and the BCLT literary translation summer schools and in 2013 was mentored by Margaret Jull Costa as part of the BCLT mentorship program. His translation of Our Musseque by José Luandino Vieira was published by Dedalus Books. Additionally, his translations have appeared in Ninth Letter, on the Bookanista website, and in The Football Crónicas.