May 31, 2025
Round 2, Matchup 14: I.ii.8 vs II.ii
Which chapter title do you prefer?
Billows and Shadows
The Ship Orion
Voting ended onJun 7, 2025
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Round 2, Matchup 14: I.ii.8 vs II.ii
Which chapter title do you prefer?
Billows and Shadows
The Ship Orion
Round 3, Matchup 15: I.vii.3 vs II.ii
Which chapter title do you prefer?
A Tempest in a Skull
The Ship Orion
Round 1, Matchup 83: II.ii vs III.vii.4
Which chapter title do you prefer?
The Ship Orion
Composition of the Troupe
II.ii.1 Le Numéro 24601 Devient le Numéro 9430
(this one looks to have been skipped the first go-round, alas!)
Which is your favorite translation of this chapter title?
Number 24601 Becomes Number 9430
No. 24,601 Becomes No. 9430
Number 24,601 Becomes Number 9,430
II.ii.3 Qu’il Fallait Que La Chaîne De La Manille Eût Subi Un Certain Travail Préparatoire Pour Être Ainsi Brisée D’un Coup De Marteau
okeydokey folks. so tumblr unfortunately has an 80 character limit for poll options. as you can see this option is. not brief. so I will be breaking my usual guideline of putting translators under the cut, because I simply cannot fit the options in the poll itself Y_Y
that being said:
Wilbour: Showing That The Chain of the Iron Ring Must Needs Have Undergone A Certain Preparation To Be Thus Broken By One Blow of the Hammer
Wraxall: On Board The "Orion” (wraxallll....)
Hapgood: The Ankle-Chain Must Have Undergone A Certain Preparatory Manipulation To Be Thus Broken With A Blow From A Hammer
Beckwith: Showing that the Chain of the Bracelet Must Have Undergone Certain Preparation to be thus Broken by One Blow of the Hammer
Denny: The Broken Shackle (dennyyy....)
FMA: In Which We See That the Shackle Must Have Undergone Some Preparation To Be Broken By One Hammer Blow
Rose: How the Chain on the Shackles Must Have Undergone Preparatory Treatment to Be Shattered Like That with One Whack of the Hammer
Donougher: The Ankle-chain Must Have Been Worked On Previously, to Break at a Single Hammer Blow
Roll with me here, which one is your favorite translation?
Wilbour
Wraxall
Hapgood
Beckwith
Denny
FMA
Rose
Donougher
II.ii.2 Ou On Lira Deux Vers Qui Sont Peut-Être Du Diable
Which is your favorite translation of this chapter title?
In Which A Couple of Lines Will Be Read Which Came, Perhaps, From The Evil One
In Which The Reader Will Peruse Two Verses, Which Are Of The Devil’s Composition
In Which Two Lines Will Be Read Which Came Perhaps from the Evil One
In Which Several Lines Will Be Read That May Have Come From The Devil Himself
In Which You Will Read Two Lines of Verse That Are Perhaps the Devil's
In Which Are To Be Read Two Lines of Verse Perhaps by the Devil
This is one case where though I still am annoyed by the shortening, I can see why it would be done. Denny's got "Two Lines of Verse Perhaps Written by the Devil", and I'm actually almost fond of Wraxall's, "Two Lines of a Doubtful Origin".
Volume II, book ii: The Winners
2.2.2
FMA's "...the Devil Himself" was popular, with 38.9% of the vote.
2.2.3
This absolute zinger of a chapter title had multiple candidates, and is especially interesting because no two translators render it the same way! The winner was again FMA, with "In Which We See That the Shackle Must Have Undergone Some Preparation To Be Broken By One Hammer Blow".
Wow, a fully FMA-won book! Impressive work Fahnestock and McAfee!
II.ii Le Vaisseau l'Orion
(this one looks to have been skipped in the first round of polls, like a stone across the waters)
Which is your favorite translation of this chapter title?
The Ship Orion
The Ship "Orion"