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The sentence is present in the English translation of Eden & Cedar Paul: "At about the date when, in England, people gave up the practice of burning witches, they began to hang the forgers of banknotes." Capital, I, trans. by Eden & Cedar Paul, (International Publishers, 1929): p. 837. Matt On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 7:49 AM, Joonas Laine <jjo...@nic.fi> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > On 02/26/2012 03:36 PM, Angelus Novus wrote: > > In the German original text, when Marx writes about the historical > > role of the Bank of England, there is the following passage: > > > > "Allmählich wurde sie der unvermeidliche Behälter der Metallschätze > > des Landes und das Gravitationszentrum des gesamten Handelskredits. > > Um dieselbe Zeit, wo man in England aufhörte, Hexen zu verbrennen, > > fing man dort an, Banknotenfälscher zu hängen." > [...] > > The second sentence is **missing from both English translations**. > > It means: "In England, at the same time that the burning of witches > > ceased, counterfeiters of bank notes were starting to be hanged." > [...] > > Does anybody know what the story is as to why this passage is missing > > from **both** English translations? Can you all confirm its absence > > or presence in other languages? > > In the Finnish translation it's there: > > "Samaan aikaan kun Englannissa lakattiin polttamasta noita-akkoja, > siellä alettiin hirttää setelinväärentäjiä". (p. 675-676) > > -- > jjonas @ nic.fi > > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/matt2641%40gmail.com > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
