Pierre Daviault

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Pierre Daviault

Pierre Daviault (born November 9, 1899 in Saint-Jérôme , † November 18, 1964 ) was a Canadian journalist, writer, translator and lexicographer.

life and work

Daviault studied in Montreal and Paris. Then he worked side by side as a translator in parliament, journalist and author. From 1936 he taught professional translation at the University of Ottawa .

Daviault founded the magazine Nouvelle revue canadienne in 1951 . National Review of Canada . In 1955 he became head of the translation agency for the Canadian government. He was appointed head of the Center for Terminology, founded in 1964, shortly before his death.

Daviault was President of the Royal Society of Canada from 1958 to 1959 and President of the Société des écrivains canadiens from 1959 to 1961.

Daviault received the Médaille de l'Académie des lettres du Québec in 1962.

Works

Translation studies and lexicography

  • (with others) Military dictionary English-French, French-English , Ottawa 1945
  • (with Jean-Paul Vinay and Henry Alexander) Dictionnaire canadien. Français-anglais, anglais-français . Édition abrégée. The Canadian Dictionary. French-English, English-French. Concise Edition, Toronto 1962 (34 + 861 pages); also ud T. Everyman's French-English, English-French dictionary with special reference to Canada , London 1962; also ud T. Van Nostrand's concise student dictionary. French-English, English-French , Princeton 1962
  • Langage et traduction , Ottawa 1962, 1972, 1976, 1979 (preface by Robert Le Bidois )

Other works

  • La grande aventure de Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville , Montreal 1934
  • Le Baron de Saint-Castin, chef abénaquis , Montreal 1939 ( Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin )
  • Les Carnets d'un liseur. Artistes, aventuriers, grands hommes , Montreal 1942
  • Les Carnets d'un liseur. Histoires, legends , destins , Montreal 1945
  • Nora l'énigmatique , Montreal 1945 (novel, see: Gaétan Gervais and Jean-Pierre Pichette, Dictionnaire des écrits de l'Ontario français 1613-1993, Ottawa 2010 sv)

literature

  • Isabelle Rivard, Pierre Daviault, 1899-1964, traducteur, auteur, historien, pédagogue et défenseur de la langue française , master thesis Ottawa 2003
  • Patricia Godbout, Traduction littéraire et sociabilité interculturelle au Canada (1950-1960), Ottawa 2004 (PhD Diss. Sherbrook 2003 ud T. Parallélismes convergents. Traduction littéraire et sociabilité interculturelle au Québec et au Canada anglais durant la décennie 1950-1960 , 1 chap . of 4 is dedicated to Daviault)

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personal data
SURNAME Daviault, Pierre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hartex, Pierre; Daviault, Pierre-Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian journalist, writer, translator and lexicographer
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Jerome
DATE OF DEATH November 18, 1964