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Marx could have also mentioned that the alchemists were laid off at the same time. On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 5:36 AM, Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > > > 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 first sentence is reproduced both in the Ben Fowkes and Edward Aveling > translations. In the Aveling translation at the MIA, it reads as follows: > > "Gradually it became inevitably > the receptacle of the metallic hoard of the country, and the centre of > gravity of all commercial credit." > > 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." > > So I checked the Spanish edition, translated by Wenceslao Roces, and the > missing sentence is there: "Por los años en que Inglaterra dejaba de quemar > brujas, comenzaba a colgar falsificadores de billetes de banco." > > > 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? > > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu > Set your options at: > http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/michael.perelman3%40gmail.com -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 530 898 5321 fax 530 898 5901 http://michaelperelman.wordpress.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
