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Translators and scholars have translated the main works attributed to Homer, the Iliad and Odyssey, from the Homeric Greek into English, since the 16th and 17th centuries. Translations are ordered chronologically by date of first publication, with first lines provided to illustrate the style of the translation.
Don Philippi – translator of Japanese and Ainu; translated the Kojiki; also a noted technical translator Alexander O. Smith – professional translator who worked on translations of different media, but is most famous for the English localizations of video games like Final Fantasy X , Ace Attorney , and Vagrant Story
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After this, several English reissues appeared simultaneously in 1708. As early as the end of the 18th century the English translation based on Galland was brought to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Montreal, Philadelphia, New York and Sydney. [3] Generally, translations starting from Galland were censored due to lewd content. [4]
Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. [1] – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century.
In the background the Acropolis of Athens is silhouetted against a fiery sky, and by Taylor's left hand is a copy of his translation of the works of Plato. [ 1 ] Thomas Taylor (15 May 1758 – 1 November 1835) was an English translator and Neoplatonist , the first to translate into English the complete works of Aristotle and of Plato , as well ...
Aaron Thompson (1681 or 1682 – 27 July 1751) was an English clergyman from a Cumberland family who served as vicar of Broad Chalke in Wiltshire from 1724 until his death. He is best known for his only book, The British History, Translated into English from the Latin of Jeffrey of Monmouth.