To James Thurber, 6 October [1933]

2020 ◽  
pp. 501-502
Keyword(s):  
James Thurber

Case Study #12: The Unicorn in the Garden by James Thurber

Public Voices ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Ken Nichols
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Neighborhood Watch ◽  
The World ◽  
Animal Control ◽  
James Thurber

Have you ever told someone about something you had seen, but they wouldn’t believe you?  That’s the situation in James Thurber’s “The Unicorn in the Garden.”  The situation itself is domestic rather than organizational or administrative, but it provides a wonderful gateway into the world of the UNREAL ADMINISTRATOR: How would the police react if called in? What are the appropriate roles for social services agencies?  For officials responsible for animal control? Or even for “neighborhood watch” organizations?

The Art of James Thurber.

1971 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 599
Author(s):  
Walter Blair ◽  
Richard C. Tobias ◽  
Stephen A. Black
Keyword(s):  
James Thurber

Les Malheurs de James, ou, l'humour victime du "Traductueur"

Babel ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-125
Author(s):  
Fabrice Antoine
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
James Thurber ◽  
Pleasant Experience

Starting from the rare and not very pleasant experience of having his translation of a short-story by the American humorist James Thurber (1894-1961) bought by a publisher and later discovering that another translation was published by the same firm, the author of this article proposes to examine these translations and to see whether there is any reason for opposing commercial translation to academic translation. Though there should be none, this case shows that publishers of texts aimed at young readers do not pay enough attention to the translations they publish and, where humour is concerned, that the commercial translator too often neuters or kills what makes the original text subtly humorous. Though the study of the published translation is voluntarily polemical (it is however abundantly illustrated with examples from the texts, closely analysed and discussed), it is only pleading for more respect for the text one pays homage to by translating it and also for the readers of the translation, who should be offered as humorous and subtle a text as the original.

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