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Re: Souped up xlation of Mysterious island

From: Rick Walter <rwalter1~at~houston.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 06:55:44 -0800
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Norm--

One problem area is the narrative of Prince Dakkar's life in III xvi, which
Kingston, in Butcher's phrase, has "ideologically skewed"--i.e., he has
soft-pedaled Verne's criticism of British control in India. Oddly, one
recent reprint of the Kingston text presents a revised and accurate
translation of this passage--a Barnes & Noble omnibus volume (containing
20K, MI, JCE, and AW80D). Nowhere in this edition is an explanation, or even
acknowledgement, given for this change to Kingston, nor are any copyright
claims asserted for the text. So this "Mysterious Island" is exceptionally
mysterious--but it will supply you with a responsible rendering of this
important passage. Amazon gives the book this number: ASIN: 1566195365.

Rick Walter,
Houston



----- Original Message -----
From: "Norm Wolcott" <nwolcott~at~kreative.net>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 8:54 PM
Subject: Souped up xlation of Mysterious island


> There does not seem to be an adequate public domain xlation of Mysterious
> Island. On the other hand according to the Kravitz/Butcher intro to their
> Mysterious Island, the Kingston translation os not all that bad. The main
> problem being the omission and bowdlerization of a few sections. If
someone
> could indicate the offending sections, I am sure we could fill in the gaps
> with a more faithful translation, including it in brackets [ improved text
> here] and then give it to Project Gutenberg as a new public domain
xlation.
> If anyone is aware of where the bad sections are, I will be glad to
shepherd
> the new version along to PG. This is no substitute for the Kravitz
xlation,
> but it would be good to get the improved version into PG where it gets ide
> distribution.
> nwolcott~at~kreative.net Norman Wolcott
>
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