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First translation

This is a trivial matter, but I want to explain a couple of edits. On November 5, 2023, under "Translation of the opening sentence," I changed "In the first 1933 translation of the story, Willa Muir and Edwin Muir" to "In their 1933 translation of the story, Willa Muir and Edwin Muir." I explained at the time that I made the edit because their translation was not the first. The reason that I thought it was not the first is because the list of translations included one by Katja Pelzer in 1915. I have now learned that "1915" should have been "2017," and I edited it accordingly. Therefore, I undid my November 5 edit, but I did not reuse the same words, because they were infelicitous. "In the first 1933 translation" suggests that there was a subsequent 1933 translation, which there was not. Instead, I changed it to "In their 1933 translation of the story — the first into English — Willa Muir and Edwin Muir." Maurice Magnus (talk) 03:31, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Translation of the opening sentence

One translation, by William Aaltonen (2009), is not included. See Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka - Google Books. Google Books doesn't permit a search of the text. If anyone has a copy of the Aaltonen translation, please add it to the list. Maurice Magnus (talk) 14:12, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I found a copy of Aaltonen's translation and added it to the section on "Translations of the opening sentence." But I've learned of two other translations: by Ginger Gillenwater and by Angelica Sanchez. If anyone has either of those, please let me know what they have Gregor metamorphose to, and I'll add them to the section. Maurice Magnus (talk) 12:00, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]