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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Also, the first woman? Props to her but I’m quite surprised no one else has done that

Yeah, it's indeed false. I didn't even research it actively, but Wilson on her Twitter profile mentioned an Italian translator who translated Homer years before Wilson.

(To be sure, I just checked Italian Wikipedia. It was Giovanna Bemporad, her translation was published in 1970.)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

(To be sure, I just checked Italian Wikipedia. It was Giovanna Bemporad, her translation was published in 1970.)

Yes, which she translated into Italian... and the very first paragraph of the article linked in this thread indeed notes Wilson is the first woman to translate it into English, just as the Tweet indicates...

Are you a bot? Or just lazy?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Are you a bot? Or just lazy?

I am a bot. Beep boop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The Italian woman translated it into English?