Displaying Textual and Translational Variants in a Hypertextual and Multilingual Edition of Shakespeare’s Multi-text Plays

Jesús Tronch
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To be or not to be - multilingual
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Jesús Tronch is Senior Lecturer at the University of Valencia. His research focuses on the transmission and editing of texts (especially of early modern drama) and the reception and translation of Shakespeare in Spain. He has published A Synoptic ‘Hamlet’ (2002), co-edited English-Spanish editions of The Tempest (1994) and Antony and Cleopatra (2001), and, with Clara Calvo, The Spanish Tragedy for Arden Early Modern Drama (2013). He is currently editing Timon of Athens for Internet Shakespeare Editions, and collaborating in an open-access, hypertextual, and multilingual collection of early modern European theatre within the ARTELOPE project at the University of Valencia.

Figure 1. Two fragments from A Synoptic “Hamlet” (Tronch-Pérez 2002, 102).
Figure 2. Screenshot from Bevington’s online edition of As You Like It for the Internet Shakespeare Editions, with inline variants activated (note Toolbox on the right-hand side).
Figure 3. Screenshot from Antony and Cleopatra with English text and Spanish translation in parallel, showing the “pin” icon heading each speech.
Figure 4. Screenshot from Juxta Commons comparing Folio-based and Second Quarto-based editions of Hamlet.
Figure 5. Screenshot from the Versioning Machine display of the working example of the multilingual “To be, or not to be.”
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