Posted by Robert Thompson on June 06, 2006 at 10:44:59 from 80.177.174.120 user robert.
In Reply to: Re: How other see the S's and A's dressed (was Swallowdale - frocks) posted by PeterH on June 05, 2006 at 22:34:52:
Three million cheers for those "foreign" illustrators who seem to "get it wrong" in attempting to describe English scenery and culture. No, they don't always understand the subtleties of Ransome's descriptions, yes, they often put in their own preconceived ideas, but doesn't that make it all the more interesting?!
Peter H describes a Dutch view of Tiity in flounced frock. This is, I think, from page 165 of the Amazon Publications volume Illustrating Arthur Ransome. Just a small point, the word Door in Dutch means "by", as in "drawn by". The artist's name is therefore H. Rotgans. The compiler of the volume has made the mistake of faithfully miscopying the phrase. Unfortunately that particular volume has similar mistakes in most captions relating to foreign illustrators - e.g. the pictures marked "Czechoslovakian" are actually from the Slovak editions and one picture implies that a Swiss edition was published. Not so - a 1960s German edition was printed in Switzerland but definitely translated and published in Germany.
I am beginning research for a book about the translations and would be very grateful for occasional assistance from Tarboard. Firstly - does anyone have any contacts who speak both Hebrew and English and could help with information as to how the Hebrew versions are translated? Many thanks!