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The initial English translations of Verne _were_ considerably bowdlerized, sometimes with large chunks cut out or summarized in the interests of making them mor
by bzbarsky 7y ago
The initial English translations of Verne _were_ considerably bowdlerized, sometimes with large chunks cut out or summarized in the interests of making them more "kids books" than adult ones.
There are some modern translations that might be better on this front.
Edit: Mentioned elsewhere in this thread: <https://19thlevel.blogspot.com/2012/08/jules-verne-translations-that-dont-stink.html> https://19thlevel.blogspot.com/2012/08/jules-verne-translati..., which I have now bookmarked!
- lordfrikk 7y agoYour link has a ">" at the end which makes it not work.
- bzbarsky 7y agoUgh, I keep forgetting that HN's URL delimiter handling is completely broken.... Unfortunately I can't edit my comment at this point, but the link should have been https://19thlevel.blogspot.com/2012/08/jules-verne-translations-that-dont-stink.html https://19thlevel.blogspot.com/2012/08/jules-verne-translati...