TY  - EJOUR
A1  - Dellemotte, Jean
TI  - On some Ambiguities, Alterations and Anomalies of the Editions of Garnier’s Translation of the Wealth of Nations
T2  - Revue d'histoire de la pensée économique 2023 – 1, n° 15. varia
JO  - Revue d'histoire de la pensée économique (ISSN 2495-8670), 15, 2023 – 1
DO  - 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-14962-0.p.0033
SN  - 2495-8670
SP  - 33
EP  - 87
AB  - Successive editions of Germain Garnier’s translation of the Wealth of Nations into French, apart from undisputable qualities, present certain questionable translation choices and contain some surprising anomalies and alterations. A noteworthy aspect of some of the latter is that they appear in the course of successive reprints of the book, in "revised" or "augmented" editions subsequent to the translator's death. We draw up a non-exhaustive selection, mainly focused on book 1 of the WN. While some of these choices and alterations are of secondary importance, others more substantial may have played a part in the perception of Smith's thought, at a time when French enjoyed the status of a lingua franca in European scholarly circles.
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/06/07
DP  - Classiques Garnier
PB  - Classiques Garnier
CY  - Paris
KW  - Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith, French translation, Germain Garnier, economic thought
LA  - fre
UR  - https://classiques-garnier.com/revue-d-histoire-de-la-pensee-economique-2023-1-n-15-varia-on-some-ambiguities-alterations-and-anomalies-of-the-editions-of-garnier-s-translation-of-the-wealth-of-nations.html
Y2  - 2024/05/29
ER  -