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Re: Etext renditions of JV translations

From: Arthur B. Evans <aevans2~at~mail.tds.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 17:58:39 -0500
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

James,

You're right about public-domain difficulties. But there exist much better
"old" (pre-1921) translations, if the Gutenberg folks would only bother to
seek them out.

For instance, the 1869 Lackland translation of _Five Weeks_ has been
reprinted zillions of times since its original publication.
And the Stephen White (Warburton, 1874) and the Malleson (Ward, Lock 1877)
translations of _Journey_ are not perfect by any means, but they are
infinitely better than the "Hardwigg" version.

--Art
Received on Wed 02 Feb 2000 - 00:57:02 IST

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