Mason & Dixon auf Deutsch

[François Monti]

Erik Roland Ketzan wrote:

> I just translated a 1999 interview with Nikolaus Stingl, the Austrian  
> translator who rendered Mason & Dixon into German. Some interesting  
> info about Pynchon is revealed, including what control he maintains  
> over translations of his works:
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> http://www.themodernword.com/pynchon/Pynchon_stingl.html
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> erik
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Very interesting interview. A few years ago, I got to read in a french 
magazine a text by one of the persons who worked on Mason & Dixon's 
translation. He mentioned faxing TRP on a couple of occasions, adding 
that he felt Pynchon was "watching" closely, although his main 
indication to the translators was "have as much fun as I did". The 
translator is named Christophe Claro, he did the french versions of "The 
sot-weed factor", "Agapé Agape", "House of leaves". He did a pretty good 
job, especially if you compare his work to that of the guy who 
translated GR, Col49 or V (incredibly bad).
You can find his views on translating Gaddis here:
http://www.williamgaddis.org/translating/claro-aa.shtml

F.