[INDOLOGY] erratum-Schwab's English translation

[Rosane Rocher]

No, that was done by the government. The Arabist Silvestre de Sacy had 
long lobbied for them.

Best,
Rosane

On 6/27/21 9:15 AM, Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY wrote:
> Were these the ones founded by the church to facilitate conversion to 
> Christianity, as so many of those early positions were?
>
> Best,
>
> Dean
>
> On Sunday, June 27, 2021, 2:56:15 PM GMT+5:30, Eli Franco 
> <franco at uni-leipzig.de> wrote:
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> Yes, the two chairs, for Sanskrit and Chinese, were created at the 
> same time.
> Best wishes,
> Eli
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> Zitat von Richard Mahoney via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info 
> <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>>:
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> > Curious, I was just reading that Abel-Rémusat (1788--1832) secured the
> > first chair in Chinese at the Collège de France, also in 1815;
> > enviable time.
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> > Best, Richard
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> > From: Lyne Bansat-Boudon via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info 
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> > Reply-To: Lyne Bansat-Boudon <Lyne.Bansat-Boudon at ephe.psl.eu 
> <mailto:Lyne.Bansat-Boudon at ephe.psl.eu>>
> > To: Rosane Rocher <rrocher at sas.upenn.edu <mailto:rrocher at sas.upenn.edu>>
> > Cc: Indology List <indology at list.indology.info 
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> > Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] erratum-Schwab's English translation
> > Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2021 07:40:14 +0000
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> > Dear colleagues,
> > I just noticed a typo in my post. Please correct it: Chézy’s chair in
> > Collège de France was created in 1815.
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> > My very best,
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> > Lyne
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> >> Le 25 juin 2021 à 23:52, Rosane Rocher via INDOLOGY
> >> <indology at list.indology.info <mailto:indology at list.indology.info>> 
> a écrit :
> >>
> >> Dear colleagues,
> >>
> >> It strikes me that I ought to have given some reason for my abrupt
> >> warning against the English translation of Raymond Schwab'sOriental
> >> Renaissance. Let me quote the introductory paragraph of the review I
> >> gave it back in 1988:
> >>
> >> "Scholars interested in the East-West intellectual encounter will
> >> welcome the publication of an English translation of Raymond
> >> Schwab's "La Renaissance Orientale", a book that, though 34 years
> >> old, has not been replaced. A look at the contents of this handsome
> >> volume reveals useful added features, such as an alphabetical and
> >> updated bibliography and a fuller and more readable index. A
> >> thorough perusal of the English translation, however, turns elation
> >> into disappointment. Not only was Schwab's difficult, poetic French
> >> occasionally beyond the powers of the translators, their lack of
> >> familiarity with Indian culture and Anglo-Indian history not
> >> infrequently led them astray."
> >>
> >> Examples are given in the core of the review. The full text can be
> >> found in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 86.4, 1988, coll.
> >> 471–473.
> >>
> >> Rosane
> >>
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