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The main page says that the original Spanish title refers to the Scots word "makar" meaning "poet." But as far as I can tell from an online Scots dictionary, "makar" in Scots has the same range of meanings as "maker" in English (one who makes things, God or the Creator, artists including poets, etc). In the omnibus volume of Borges, "Collected Fictions," the translator, Andrew Hurley, simply titles the work "The Maker," citing a source that the original Spanish was an attempt by Borges to translate the English "maker" back to Spanish. I think it makes more sense that Borges would directly reach for English, a language he knew well, rather than Scots, which he didn't, as far as I know. But regardless of the source of the language, I think it's speculation, or more important, a choice of the reader's, to decide the exact shade of meaning the word imports. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.82.27.143 (talk) 03:01, 31 October 2012 (UTC)