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I believe it was actually pretty common in those days for translators to abridge and adapt much more freely than what would be considered acceptable today.
by olavk 9y ago
I believe it was actually pretty common in those days for translators to abridge and adapt much more freely than what would be considered acceptable today.
- acqq 9y agoEspecially if the medium was different, like publishing in a newspaper: "originally published in serial form in an Icelandic newspaper in 1901" I think now researches would like it to be directly based on some other version of Stoker's work, as that would give them more value, but I believe it's more probable that the translator did the adaptations himself. I guess it was for him just like today nobody expects the film based on the book to be one-to-one transcription. Loosely related, in Italy, Mickey Mouse comics were traditionally written and drawn by Italian authors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topolino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topolino "The first issue of Topolino was published on December 31, 1932: it contained Mickey's first Italian story drawn by Giove Toppi.[1]" "Nerbini hadn't correctly secured the publication rights, so when Emmanuel (Disney's representative in Italy) protested, Nerbini changed the title of the comic book into Topo Lino (Mouse Lino), replacing Mickey Mouse with Topo Lino, another mouse. When Nerbini bought the publication rights from Disney and KFS (King Featured Syndacate), he changed the title back to Topolino." "In 1952, the comic book became a biweekly, and Italian stories increased. Italian stories were written mainly by Guido Martina" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_comics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_comics "The number of Disney stories produced and published in Italy is far larger than in the US. Italian stories are regularly translated in other European languages (e.g., German, French, English, Greek)."