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My copy of Foucault's Pendulum doesn't even name the translator, I had similar thoughts to you on reading the first comment and had a look. A contrast is with
by rjsw 11y ago
My copy of Foucault's Pendulum doesn't even name the translator, I had similar thoughts to you on reading the first comment and had a look.
A contrast is with the works of Stanislaw Lem, all the English translations were done by the same person.
- maxerickson 11y agoThe translator[1] was apparently pals with Eco and translated several of his books. I got curious and ended up finding a paywalled diary of his experience translating the book[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Weaver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Weaver [2] https://www.jstor.org/stable/43470168?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents https://www.jstor.org/stable/43470168?seq=1#page_scan_tab_co...
- sobbybutter 11y agoWeaver did excellent translations for much of Calvino's work, too.
- Kristine1975 11y agoNot paywalled. You have to create a free as in beer account, then you can read 3 articles every 14 days.
- johntb86 11y agoThere have been several different translators for Lem. Michael Kandel, Louis Iribarne, Jean-Michel Jasiensko + Joanna Kilmartin and Steve Cox, Marc E. Heine, Barbara Marszal and Frank Simpson, and probably others. Of these, Michael Kandel seems by far the best.