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Re: [SIGHTING] October 2010: French edition of "Mademoiselle"]
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In Volume III of the Pléiade edition which will contain "Pnin", "Pale
Fire", "Ada", "Look at the Harlequins!" and "The Original of Laura", there will
be no new translations. When I agreed to do the Pléiade edition of
the novels, I made it a condition that I would do a new translation of "Lolita"
(it came out before volume II in 2001). Gallimard refused to finance other new
translations; that's how most of the Russian novels were published in the
earlier translations from the English versions. A great pity, of course. The
translations were revised, sometimes in depth, but that was not enough. For
volume III, I will personally revise all the translations. "Ada" raises a
different problem: Nabokov worked hard on the French translation; I can hardly
revise his revisions. I will write variants instead in the annotations.
I take this opportunity to mention that many books were published in France on
Nabokov in the last twelve months (partly as a result of "Lolita" being on the
syllabus of the national CAPES and Agrégation). I attach the bibliography of my
new book, "Nabokov, ou la tentation française", which ought to come out later
this year; it lists all those books.
Maurice Couturier
>
> The French paperback of Nabokov's "Feu pâle" was translated by Raymond
> Girard and Maurice-Edgar Coindreau (Gallimard, 1965). Will these translators
> work be chosen in the forthcoming Tome III of the Pleiade collection? I'm
> still enchanted by its felicitous "lien dédalien" (Vers 812).
> Thank you,
> Jansy
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Fire", "Ada", "Look at the Harlequins!" and "The Original of Laura", there will
be no new translations. When I agreed to do the Pléiade edition of
the novels, I made it a condition that I would do a new translation of "Lolita"
(it came out before volume II in 2001). Gallimard refused to finance other new
translations; that's how most of the Russian novels were published in the
earlier translations from the English versions. A great pity, of course. The
translations were revised, sometimes in depth, but that was not enough. For
volume III, I will personally revise all the translations. "Ada" raises a
different problem: Nabokov worked hard on the French translation; I can hardly
revise his revisions. I will write variants instead in the annotations.
I take this opportunity to mention that many books were published in France on
Nabokov in the last twelve months (partly as a result of "Lolita" being on the
syllabus of the national CAPES and Agrégation). I attach the bibliography of my
new book, "Nabokov, ou la tentation française", which ought to come out later
this year; it lists all those books.
Maurice Couturier
>
> The French paperback of Nabokov's "Feu pâle" was translated by Raymond
> Girard and Maurice-Edgar Coindreau (Gallimard, 1965). Will these translators
> work be chosen in the forthcoming Tome III of the Pleiade collection? I'm
> still enchanted by its felicitous "lien dédalien" (Vers 812).
> Thank you,
> Jansy
>
>
>
> Search archive with Google:
> http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=en
>
> Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
> Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
> View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm
> Visit "Nabokov Online Journal:" http://www.nabokovonline.com
>
> Manage subscription options: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/
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Search archive with Google:
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Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm
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