Foreign Translations

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Translations.
Manly of Edwin and Lillian Harvey’s books have been translated into Romanian, Russian, and now Spanish. Over the years,several have also been translated into French, Polish and the Czech language. In visiting both Russia and Romania, I observed that often much was “lost in translation.” The manuscripts were checked and rechecked but rarely by someone whose native language was English. As many of our books contained quotations from writers of past centuries, I realized that if I were to check the translations of our books before publication, I might help preserve the original meaning. This meant, of course, knowing the foreign language reasonably well.


Over the years, I have spent hours looking over translations and find it very rewarding when I can work side by side with the translator to produce a book which is not only an easy-to-read translation, but preserves both the meaning and spirit of the original text. Sometimes I have aggravated the translators by comments and acknowledge that perhaps at times I was over-particular but generally it has been appreciated that I take the time to do this. Some of the best translators are the easiest to work with and are eager to learn more of our English idioms in the process while I have profited immensely from reading our books in a foreign language.
These translations are available on Harvey Christian Publishers’ website and in their online Christian Bookstore.
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