 On some ambiguities, alterations and anomalies of the editions of Germain Garnier’s translation of the Wealth of NationsQuelques ambiguïtés, altérations et anomalies des éditions de la traduction Garnier de la Richesse des NationsJean Dellemotte ()
Post-Print from HAL Abstract: Successive editions of Germain Garnier's translation of the Wealth of Nations into French, apart from undisputable qualities, present certain questionable translation choices and contain some surprising anomalies and alterations. A noteworthy aspect of some of the latter is that they appear in the course of successive reprints of the book, in "revised" or "augmented" editions subsequent to the translator's death. We draw up a non-exhaustive selection, mainly focused on book 1 of the WN. While some of these choices and alterations are of secondary importance, others more substantial may have played a part in the perception of Smith's thought, at a time when French enjoyed the status of a lingua franca in European scholarly circles. Keywords: French translations; Self-love; Wealth of Nations; Adam Smith; Germain Garnier; Richesse des nations; Traduction française; Pensée économique; French translation; Economic thought (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Revue d'histoire de la pensée économique, 2023, 2023 – 1 (15), p. 33-87. ⟨10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-14962-0.p.0033⟩ There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03872333 DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-14962-0.p.0033 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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