PARIS : French publisher Gallimard said it had no intention of making changes to translated versions of children's books by the late British novelist Roald Dahl, unlike the author's UK publisher.'Change a text today without (the author's) consent? No,' Hedwige Pasquet, director of Gallimard Jeunesse, said
PARIS : French publisher Gallimard said it had no intention of making changes to translated versions of children's books by the late British novelist Roald Dahl, unlike the author's UK publisher.
A report by Britain's The Daily Telegraph last week said that books by Dahl, such as 1988 story"Matilda","The BFG" and"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" had been edited to remove or alter references to gender, race and physical appearance. The role models of Matilda, a book-loving child prodigy, were also changed to include a female author.
Contextualising and updating some published works could necessitate the revision of all texts, and in that case, then"why not change fairytales?" Pasquet asked.
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