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Re: Translating Zapffe's On the Tragic.

A very commendable undertaking. I once promised to try something similar and never delivered so much as a foreword, and so I'll refrain from that kind of grandstanding this time around. However, I may be able to at least provide some assistance; I even have the same edition. Send me a private message and I'll give you my email address.

The work looks solid so far. I don't have the book at hand, but I can provide some minor corrections anyway:

"[...] after he had quit his position as a judge [...]". Zapffe was never a judge. I'm guessing the word in the original is "jurist", which just means he had a law degree. I believe he was a solicitor for a while, but I will have to check with the biography (by Jørgen Haave, sadly not very good).

"Gyldenhal [a Danish publisher]". Gyldendal. See the above reply by Mads.

"The Logic of the Sandcastle". Actually The Logical Sandbox (Den logiske sandkasse).

Those are the only mistakes I can spot without looking at the original.

Edit: Oh, and you can omit the "A/S" after the publisher's name. It's short for "aksjeselskap", i.e. publically traded company, like "Inc." or "LLC".

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