wrong Samuel Butler [FIXED]

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CSCO
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Post by CSCO »

Hi, all.


I met an error. In short, wrong Samuel Butler.

England had two famous Samuel Butler's. The one was a poet in the 17th Century. The two was a novelist in the 19th Century, who was a translator of Homer's epics. Whereas LibriVox says the translator is the former.

The translators:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_translations_of_Homer

The error:
https://librivox.org/author/1305?primary_key=1305&search_category=author&search_page=1&search_form=get_results
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=80874
(I suggest the Version 3 isn't appropriate. Samuel Batler translation is clear.)

At a glance, I know his English is of the late 19th Century. 8-)


Thanks,
Last edited by CSCO on June 30th, 2020, 3:43 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by Availle »

This seems indeed to be the case. And we do have both Samuel Butlers in the catalog, so I'll just ascribe this translation to the other one.

Thank you! :D
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Post by CSCO »

It's my pleasure. :wink:
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No way. He stole away a pretty thing, you know.
That's your heart.
!!!!.!!!!!!.!!!!.!!!!!!!!!..!!!.!!!!!!!!!!!...!!!!!.!!!!!!.!!!!!!!!.!!!!!!.!!!!!!
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