I hope to finish the book before I'm 90. It keeps you alive. The secret of being a translator is not to be in a hurry. Sometimes it takes hours to find a single word. |
It's fascinating because you see it all. |
Nobody buys them. They find them in the library. |
This is the first opportunity to read these fellows in English. The purpose was to provide English-speaking American medical students with materials about the origins of their profession. |
You don't have to be a surgeon to enjoy these books. The economics, the politics, the turf fights -- it could be yesterday. |