Pierre-Alfred Daviault was a Canadian

Canada

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 translator and author. He helped to create the first professional translation courses in Canada.

Born in Saint-Jérôme

Saint-Jérôme, Quebec

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, Quebec

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, the son of Philippe-Landry Daviault and Clothilde Lauzon, he studied at the University of Montreal and at the Sorbonne.

From 1958 to 1959, he was president of the Royal Society of Canada

Royal Society of Canada

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 and was awarded its Pierre Chauveau Medal

Pierre Chauveau Medal

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in 1952.

Selected works

• Le Mystère des Mille-Îles, 1927
• L'Expression juste en traduction, 1931
• Questions de langue, 1933
• La Grande Aventure de Le Moyne d'Iberville, 1934
• Traduction, 1941
• Nora l'énigmatique, 1945
• Langage et traduction, 1961