Wednesday 13 November 2013 at 17:06
Scott Moncrieff's English translation of Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu is widely hailed as a masterpiece in its own right. His rendering of the title as Remembrance of Things Past is not, however, considered a high point. William C. Carter explores the two men's correspondence on this somewhat sticky issue and how the Shakespearean title missed the mark regarding Proust's theory of memory.
Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/2013/11/13/lost-in-translation-proust-and-scott-moncrieff/