urn:taro:rice.wrc.00155 Guide to Stephen K. Swift’s Translation of Ferenc Nagy’s The Struggle Behind the Iron Curtain, 1940-1948 Woodson Research Center 1997 EAD tagging provided by Amanda York Focke, September 2004. Finding aid written in English. 09082004 Edited with XMetal 3 by Amanda York Focke, according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Guide to Stephen K. Swift’s Translation of Ferenc Nagy’s The Struggle Behind the Iron Curtain, 1940-1948 Woodson Research Center 2004 Descriptive Summary Swift, Stephen K., tr. Stephen K. Swift’s Translation of Ferenc Nagy’s The Struggle Behind the Iron Curtain 1940-1948 MS 012 3 boxes Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX This group of typescripts documents the translation of Ferenc Nagy's The Struggle Behind the Iron Curtain, translated by Stephen K. Swift and published by MacMillan (New York) in 1948. Included in the collection are: the final original Hungarian manuscript; work schedule, a preliminary version and final typescript version of the translation. The Struggle Behind the Iron Curtain is a significant political and historical narrative. The collection is also an example of the steps involved in translation. The collection should be of interest to students and others interested in languages, techniques of translation, and Central European History. Materials are in English. Scope and Contents

This group of typescripts documents the translation of Ferenc Nagy's The Struggle Behind the Iron Curtain, translated by Stephen K. Swift and published by MacMillan (New York) in 1948. Included in the collection are: the final original Hungarian manuscript; work schedule, a preliminary version and final typescript version of the translation. The Struggle Behind the Iron Curtain is a significant political and historical narrative. The collection is also an example of the steps involved in translation. The collection should be of interest to students and others interested in languages, techniques of translation, and Central European History.

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Stephen K. Swift’s Translation of Ferenc Nagy’s The Struggle Behind the Iron Curtain, MS 012, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

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Gift of Stephen K. Swift, 1970.

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Permission to publish materials from this item must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Nagy, Ferenc, 1903- Subjects (Places) Hungary--History--1945- Russians--Hungary Subjects (Titles) The struggle behind the Iron Curtain; tr. from the Hungarian by Stephen K. Swift. Detailed Description of the Collection 1 Final original Hungarian manuscript Translation documentation 1 Work schedule and style sheets 2 Second raw English translation (Parts A and B) 3 Final English translation manuscript (Parts 1 and 2)