Talk:Harry Aveling

Requested edits by subject of article
My father, Harry Aveling, requests the following corrections:

Paragraph 1:
 * Harry Aveling (b. 1942 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian scholar, translator and teacher. He received the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy in Malay Studies from the National University of Singapore and Doctor of Creative Arts (DCA) from the University of Technology, Sydney. He specializes in Indonesian and Malaysian literature, and Translation Studies. Besides his academic studies, he has translated extensively from Indonesian and Malay, from Vietnamese Francophone writing, and also co-translated from Hindi. He has also been awarded an Anugerah Pengembangan Sastra (Literature Development Award) for his translation work.

Info box should be amended as follows:
 * occupation = Academic Translator

Final sentence in the last paragraph:
 * He also holds Adjunct Full Professorships in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University and the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University, both in Melbourne, Australia.

In the list of Publications:
 * Secrets Need Words ... Remove "[Celana]" which applies to the previous item
 * Remove the last entry, which is a duplicate of the previous line.

Regards, Ben Aveling 07:01, 10 October 2012 (UTC)


 * My only objection is to the changes in the lead sentence, which should help explain the reason for the subject's notability. He appears to be known most for being a translator of Indonesian and Malaysian literature, and not for the facts that he is a teacher or has received some degrees; those facts need not be mentioned in the lead paragraph. I have no objection to the other changes, however. ~Amatulić (talk) 21:06, 12 October 2012 (UTC)


 * I agree it's odd to have degrees so prominently in the lead, but implemented the request with a slight tweak by putting the translation work higher up in the lead. Corporate 20:22, 13 October 2012 (UTC)