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  • Re: translator's name on the book cover

    From Christian Weisgerber@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Mon Feb 5 22:38:44 2024
    On 2024-02-05, HenHanna <HenHanna@gmail.com> wrote:

    i suppose... in France, Germany, Italy ... it's more common to see
    the translator's name on the book covers.

    Speaking as somebody from that part of the world, that seems highly
    unusual to me. Maybe you'll see that for very famous texts--The
    Iliad, Shakespeare, that kind of thing--but not for Stephen King.
    There you'll have to look inside to find the name of the translator.

    --
    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de

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  • From Jeff Barnett@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 5 22:34:15 2024
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  • From HenHanna@21:1/5 to Jeff Barnett on Mon Jul 15 12:19:15 2024
    XPost: alt.usage.english

    On 2/5/2024 9:34 PM, Jeff Barnett wrote:
    On 2/5/2024 3:04 PM, HenHanna wrote:

      i suppose...  in France, Germany, Italy  ... it's more common to see >>                the translator's  name on the book covers.

      In the USA,  it's only common in academic publishing,   i thnk.


      Who are some of the most famous  Translators in the USA ?
               i can only think of one person... her name is...........

    iirc...  there's a [Celebrity Translator]  in Sweden



    Freud's books are know by the translators in the USA. Different readers
    have strikingly different preferences. It's particularly difficult to
    follow threads when different translations use slightly different
    terminology for identical concepts or worse, use the same phrase for two different things. Freud is an example where subtlety and nuance are
    extremely important. So switching horses or translators midstream can
    soak you.

    For me, I always (rightly or wrongly) want to read a translator whose
    first or best language is the "TO" language. That becomes obvious when
    one reads instructions that came with mechanical or electronic devices
    were the writer has English as his third or fourth language. Such instructions could easily be improved if written by a native English
    speaking engineer after a half hour screwing around with the product.
    Then there is always the telephone for that engineer if he needs some
    more information.


    thanks... one tr. of Freud book that i have
    has WIT in the title,

    the other has JOKES

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