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"F. P. Walter" translation -- not new

From: Rick Walter~at~comcast.net <rick1walter~at~comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:51:56 -0700
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

To set the record straight:

The "F. P. Walter" translation privately issued by Evertype isn't new -- I
completed it in 1991 but never published it -- so it preceded the 1993 Naval
Institute edition on which I collaborated with Walter James Miller.

In 1999, with WJM's agreement, I donated this unpublished 1991 text to
Project Gutenberg, simply to make a more complete version available in place
of the sempiternal Mercier Lewis. It has long been accessible at PJ as well
at Zvi Har El's online library.

I signed this unpublished version "F. P. Walter" to distinguish it from my
other, copyrighted translating work -- the latter I always sign with my full
name.

All the best,

"Rick in Albuquerque"

Frederick Paul Walter





----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Weatherhill" <craig~at~agantavas.org>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 3:49 AM
Subject: Re: Jules Verne audio narrated by Michael Pritchard


> Addendum to my last. The new Walter translation improves upon that he
> did with W.J. Miller in 1993 and published by the United States Naval
> Institute. The best thing about the 1993 edition is the amount of
> footnotes, most of which point out where previous translators went wrong
> and, in many cases, vindicating Verne's grasp of science. Verne had
> previously been hammered by people such as T.L. Thomas for scientific
> gaffes which were actually the fault of Mercier and others. They had it
> wrong; Verne had it right (which made Thomas look rather silly).
>
> Craig
>
>
> On 16 Kev 2009, at 10:02, wbutcher wrote:
>
>> It's a highly abridged and distorted version of Twenty Thousand Leagues
>> under the Seas, apparently derived from the one "translated" by Lewis
>> Mercier -- to be avoided like the plague!
>>
>> Cordially,
>>
>> Bill
>> http://www.ibiblio.org/julesverne/
>> 1A, Kai Kuk Shue Ha, Luk Keng, North District, NT, HONG KONG
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf
>> Of
>> Donna Knight
>> Sent: 16 December 2009 04:42
>> To: jvf~at~Gilead.org.il
>> Subject: Re: Jules Verne audio narrated by Michael Pritchard
>>
>> I am an librarian who was posed with a question about 20000 Leagues
>> Under
>> the Sea:
>> What translation of 20000 Leagues Under the Sea is used in the
>> Unabridged
>> Tantor Audio version read by Michael Prichard?
>> I would be grateful if you could answer this question for me.
>> Sincerely
>> Donna Knight
>> Dacula Branch
>> Gwinnett County Public Library
>>
>>
>> "Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like
>> you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth."
>> - Mark Twain
>>
>
> --
> Craig Weatherhill
>
Received on Wed 16 Dec 2009 - 17:52:06 IST

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