Talk:William Weaver

Pre-eminent?
It would be hard to claim him to be pre-eminent over Sir Thomas Wyatt, the first translator of Petrarch and one of the great poets of Renaissance England ("They fle from me, that sometyme did me seke"), or Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, translator of Dante and author of "The Song of Hiawatha". Still gives him his props, though; his Eco and Calvino translations are brilliant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.189.172.11 (talk • contribs) 07:44, 5 September 2005


 * I don't think you even need the qualification of "living" to claim his preeminence, though; there's no more preeminent translator, living or dead, of 20th century italian. But my main reason for posting was for clarity on Weaver's illness. I met Weaver in the Spring of 2002 as a student at Bard College, and he was already in a wheelchair and not quite able to speak as a result of his stroke. This article states that the stroke occurred three years ago (it's published in 2005), so I suppose that give us a rough timeframe of early 2002 (I can't find anymore information on the web). How should we go about incorporating this into the article?~Anthony Mohen


 * I understand that Weaver has now died (see http://translationista.blogspot.com/2013/11/remembering-william-weaver.html) but I won't add that information until I see an obituary.850 C (talk) 14:23, 15 November 2013 (UTC)

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List of translations
In the list of translations, each book has the title in English and then, if you look at "Edit source," the title in Italian. In the article, however, the title in Italian is automatically translated to English, sometimes differently from the first title in English, and sometimes without proper spacing. I don't know how to turn off the automatic translator.Maurice Magnus (talk) 18:42, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

The same problem occurs after The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana in Biography.Maurice Magnus (talk) 19:03, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I cannot duplicate your issue. My browser (Google Chrome 92 on Windows 10) asks me if I want the article translated to English.  It could be that your browser is set to automatically translate Italian.  Does your browser also automatically translate other web pages, such as http://www.italia.it/it/idee-di-viaggio/sport-e-benessere/le-migliori-citta-darte-italiane-da-scoprire-in-bicicletta.html ?   If so, it's not a Wikipedia issue.  Hope this helps!  GoingBatty (talk) 01:09, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

You're right; thanks. I'd been using Edge. Edge translated the webpage that you suggested I try. I went to William Weaver's entry using Chrome on Windows 10 (I don't know whether it's Chrome 92) and the Italian was not translated.Maurice Magnus (talk) 01:18, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

In case anyone else had the problem, here is how to turn off the automatic translation in Edge: https://www.google.com/search?q=turn+off+automatic+translation+edge&source=hp&ei=FrUdYePTD9yGjLsPyqia6AY&iflsig=AINFCbYAAAAAYR3DJm4oFM2uasNDgbSlrneD9zdpnLcZ&oq=turn+off+automatic+translator+on+Edge&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYADIGCAAQFhAeMggIABAWEAoQHjIFCAAQhgM6CwgAEIAEELEDEIMBOhEILhCABBCxAxCDARDHARCjAjoRCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQxwEQ0QM6CAgAELEDEIMBOggILhCxAxCDAToLCC4QgAQQsQMQgwE6CAgAEIAEELEDOg4ILhCABBCxAxDHARCvAToICC4QgAQQsQM6DgguEIAEELEDEMcBEKMCOgUIABCABDoOCC4QgAQQsQMQxwEQ0QM6BQguEIAEOg4ILhCxAxCDARDHARCjAjoFCC4QsQM6EQguEIAEELEDEIMBEMcBEK8BOgsILhCABBCxAxCTAjoHCAAQgAQQCjoFCAAQsQM6BAgAEA06BggAEA0QHjoICAAQDRAFEB5QpxJYr3lg8YgBaAZwAHgAgAGgAogBghiSAQYzNi4yLjGYAQCgAQE&sclient=gws-wiz Maurice Magnus (talk) 01:38, 19 August 2021 (UTC)