Word: kilmartin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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MEMOIRS OF HOPE: RENEWAL AND ENDEAVOR by CHARLES DE GAULLE translated by TERENCE KILMARTIN 392 pages. Simon & Schuster...
...often, however, the majestic alexandrine sonorities of De Gaulle's written French sound awkward and even unintelligible in Terence Kilmartin's translation. The American publishers have also neglected to alter Anglicisms that will baffle many U.S. readers - for example, "council flats" for public housing. Most of all, though, De Gaulle has simply not done himself justice. He writes: "Beyond all the or deals and obstacles, and perhaps be yond the grave, that which is legitimate may one day be legalized, that which is rightful may in the end be proved right." Events have already proved De Gaulle right...