Re: illustrations (Re: SA series and copyright)


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Posted by Jock on June 20, 2006 at 19:02:48 from 81.76.86.2 user Jock.

In Reply to: Re: illustrations (Re: SA series and copyright) posted by Robert Thompson on June 20, 2006 at 18:15:12:

This argument only holds water if the translation is a direct almost word-for-word version of Ransome's original,

A good translator does not translate word for word, but tries to use the appropriate words to convey context, cultural background and emotion. Incredibly difficult!

but German and Czech early editions certainly are not, moving the English descriptive passages and localities into those countries' own areas, adding suitable illustrations.

Are you saying that the Swallows and Amazons are portrayed as German and Czech children exploring German and Czech lakes and that WD takes place on the Baltic?

Translators had no idea of what "AR wanted to communicate" in the way of illustrations, as he did not illustrate SA and SD until 1938.

We know that Clifford Web was tightly 'directed' by Ransome. He was taken to certain locations and AR gave him other guidance as to how certain objects like the Houseboat were to look. Even so, AR was not entirely happy, and decided to take matters into his own hands.

Indeed, the first ever published illustrator of SA was not AR, nor Clifford Webb, but Helene Carter, illustrator of the US edition.

There are several critical comments by AR about various foreign editions. This suggests that he did not have as much editorial control of these as he had of the UK editions.


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