Correspondence in translation project
- INTRODUCTION
- COLLECTIONS
- PROJECT DOCUMENTS
Voltaire — French into English
Under the heading Correspondence in translation: Voltaire, we are gathering translations of selected letters from Voltaire's vast correspondence. The current selection includes:
- 2 letters translated by Robert V. McNamee, Director of the Electronic Enlightenment Project;
- 6 letters translated by Charlotte King, a graduate student working under Lorena Terando (Associate Professor of French, Graduate Program in Translation, UWisc — Milwaukee);
- 38 letters from Letters from M. de Voltaire, to several of his friends, translated by Rev. Dr Franklin (London: T. Davies & J. Wheble, 1770) — an edition published in Voltaire's own lifetime;
- 87 letters from Voltaire in his Letters: being a selection from his correspondence, translated by Stephen G. Tallentyre (New York & London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1919);
- 141 letters from Select Letters of Voltaire: translated into English, edited and translated by Theodore Besterman (London & Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1963).
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Edmond Halley — Latin into English
Under the heading Correspondence in translation: Edmond Halley, we have overseen translation of all surviving Latin letters from the Halley correspondence. These letters are largely scientific in nature and are published exclusively in EE:
- 24 letters translated by Alice Staines (published 2009).
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