Claude Napier
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Claude Napier was an English
translator
of the Scandinavian languages.
He is most known for his translation and dramatization of Hjalmar Bergman
s novel Grandma and our Lord. This dramatisation was a team-work with his son actor Alan Napier.
Other translations into English by Claude Napier include: Sven Hedin
s Riddles of the Gobi Desert, Sigurd Hoel
s Sinners in Summertime and Henning Haslunds Tents in Mongolia.
England
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translator
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
of the Scandinavian languages.
He is most known for his translation and dramatization of Hjalmar Bergman
Hjalmar Bergman
Hjalmar Fredrik Elgérus Bergman was a Swedish writer and playwright.The son of a banker in Örebro, Bergman briefly studied philosophy at Uppsala University but soon broke off his studies and took up the life of a free writer. He married Stina Lindberg, the daughter of actor and stage producer...
s novel Grandma and our Lord. This dramatisation was a team-work with his son actor Alan Napier.
Other translations into English by Claude Napier include: Sven Hedin
Sven Hedin
Sven Anders Hedin KNO1kl RVO was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, and travel writer, as well as an illustrator of his own works...
s Riddles of the Gobi Desert, Sigurd Hoel
Sigurd Hoel
Sigurd Hoel was a Norwegian author and publishing consultant, born in Nord-Odal. He debuted with the collection of short stories Veien vi gaar in 1922...
s Sinners in Summertime and Henning Haslunds Tents in Mongolia.