For instance, Argentinian scholar and writer Carlos Alberto Morán, in his 1975 article “Lectura Latinamericana de Raymond Chandler”, compiled a listing of all into-Spanish translations published thus far and commented on how inconsistent the quality of these editions and translations were. Other testimonies of the “classic” nature of the four Chandler novels brought out by Barral Editores (Barcelona) in 19 can be found among Spanish and Latin American scholars, writers and subsequent translators of the novel. He also touted the virtues of the most immediately preceding translation: “the classic version by José Antonio Lara ( El largo adios, originally published by Barral Ediciones, Barcelona, 1973 then by Bruguera and subsequent publishers), the source which most of us who have been captivated by this novel have drunk from” (2005: 59 all quotes from Spanish are my translation, unless otherwise indicated). He mentions the “pioneering” María del Carmen Márquez de Odriozola version of 1958 and the existence of a version, impossible for him to locate, by Flora W. In a singularly thorough introduction to the scholarly Cátedra edition of Raymond Chandler’s El largo adios, editor Alfredo Arias justifies why he chose the most recent translation by José Luis López Muñoz (2002) over previously published translations.

CLASSIC CHANDLER TRANSLATIONS PUBLISHED BY BARRAL EDITORES (BARCELONA)ĭepartamento de Traducción e Interpretación

La ventana alta by Raymond Chandler