Lost in Translation: Proust and Scott Moncrieff
Scott Moncrieff's English translation of Proust’s “A la recherche du temps perdu” is widely hailed as a masterpiece in its own right. His rendering of the title as “Remembrance of Things Past” is not, however, considered a high point. William C. Carter explores the two men’s correspondence on this somewhat sticky issue and how the Shakespearean title missed the mark regarding Proust’s theory of memory.
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