Mark Twain provided humorously telling evidence for the frequent unreliability of back-translation when he issued his own back-translation of a French translation of his short story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". He published his back-translation in a 1903 volume together with his English-language original, the French translation, and a "Private History of the 'Jumping Frog' Story". The latter included a synopsized adaptation of his story that Twain stated had appeared, unattributed to Twain, in a Professor Sidgwick’s Greek Prose Composition (p. 116) under the title, "The Athenian and the Frog"; the adaptation had for a time been taken for an independent ancient Greek precursor to Twain's "Jumping Frog" story.
Mark Twain provided humorously telling evidence for the frequent unreliability of back - translation when he issued his own back - translation of a French translation of his short story , " The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County " . He published his back - translation in a 1903 volume together with his English - language original , the French translation , and a " Private History of the ' Jumping Frog ' Story " . The latter included a synopsized adaptation of his story that Twain stated had appeared , unattributed to Twain , in a Professor Sidgwick ’s Greek Prose Composition ( p. 116 ) under the title , " The Athenian and the Frog " ; the adaptation had for a time been taken for an independent ancient Greek precursor to Twain 's " Jumping Frog " story .
What had been thought for a while to be an independent ancient Greek precursor to Twain's story?
What had been thought for a while to be an independent ancient Greek precursor to Twain 's story ?
"The Athenian and the Frog"
"The Athenian and the Frog"