Nora Gal opened for Soviet readers the works of many foreign authors – from Priestley, Oldington, and Camus to Bradbury and McCullough. Her translations are canonical and represent a vivid example of meticulous work with words. The manual on the art...
of translation 'The Living and the Dead Word' is still considered the main textbook for translators, editors, journalists, writers, and simply admirers of the Russian language. The materials dedicated to the principles of creating expressive text were gathered by Nora Gal over twenty years, and the book itself has undergone numerous reprints during the author's lifetime and after her passing. Before you is a stylishly designed edition of the legendary book in the series 'Library of the Philologist'! The preface to the book was written by Nora Gal's daughter – literary critic and editor Edward Borisovna Kuzmina.
Nora Gal opened for Soviet readers the works of many foreign authors – from Priestley, Oldington, and Camus to Bradbury and McCullough. Her translations are canonical and represent a vivid example of meticulous work with words. The manual on the art of translation 'The Living and the Dead Word' is still considered the main textbook for translators, editors, journalists, writers, and simply admirers of the Russian language. The materials dedicated to the principles of creating expressive text were gathered by Nora Gal over twenty years, and the book itself has undergone numerous reprints during the author's lifetime and after her passing. Before you is a stylishly designed edition of the legendary book in the series 'Library of the Philologist'! The preface to the book was written by Nora Gal's daughter – literary critic and editor Edward Borisovna Kuzmina.
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