Four of Matthías's poems in a French translation appeared in Programme des Boréales de Normandie, 3ème Festival d'art et de littérature nordiques, pp. 47.
Poème de duel and La Laxá dans le Kjós were translated by Régis Boyer.
Souvenir d'une chevelure was translated by Catherine Eyjólfsdóttur.
Soixante ans was translated by Gérard Lemarquis.