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From: HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb>
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Subject: Re: translator's name on the book cover
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 12:19:15 -0700
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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