Text in the work’s original language, which initially appeared on the left-hand page, has been shifted to the right-hand page, and the (previously parallel) translation, now appears on the back side of that page, so one must flip the page to view it. In this digital copy, the pair of translations on left and right pages no longer correspond.
Pages of the original copy of this book were sequenced so that, when the book was laid flat ( i.e., opened so that two pages were visible, SIMULTANEOUSLY), text in the original language of the work ( e.g., Greek, Latin, etc.) appeared on the left-hand page and a translation of the text in a second language appeared on the right-hand page.
#Loeb classical library hunter college archive#
Their statement seems to imply that they are willing to correct texts already in the archive IF THE UPLOADER REQUESTS IT, so I ask the uploader of this document to make that request.
When I reported the problem, Internet Archive staff informed me that their policy is “to not alter items created by account holders EXCEPT AT THE REQUEST OF THE UPLOADER.” (emphasis mine). Hopefully, you will modify the procedure you use for scanning bilingual-parallel texts, so that the error doesn’t occur in the future. The problem can be avoided/corrected by simply adding a blank page before or after the cover page or the title page. Unfortunately, the same problem appears in OVER HALF of the Greek and Latin texts with parallel English translations that I’ve encountered in the archive thus far. In brief: The scanning procedure used to digitalize the hard copy of this bilingual-parallel text, has converted it to a NON-PARALLEL bilingual text. However, a problem has occurred in the scanning of this particular text, which I hope will be corrected. Having bilingual-parallel translations of ancient works available in the archive is a wonderful gift for which I am, personally, grateful.
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