{"id":100450,"date":"2023-11-30T15:40:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T15:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=100450"},"modified":"2023-11-30T15:40:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T15:40:46","slug":"colleagues-say-dutch-translators-adding-names-in-endgame-unthinkable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/world-news\/colleagues-say-dutch-translators-adding-names-in-endgame-unthinkable\/","title":{"rendered":"Colleagues say Dutch translators adding names in Endgame unthinkable"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Colleagues of the two &#8216;experienced&#8217; Dutch translators of Omid Scobie&#8217;s book say it&#8217;s &#8216;unthinkable&#8217; the women added names of the two &#8216;royal racists&#8217; into the transcript themselves<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ: Scobie says he&#8217;s &#8216;as frustrated as everyone else&#8217; after &#8216;royal racists&#8217; named<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Colleagues of the two &#8216;experienced&#8217; Dutch translators of Omid Scobie&#8217;s book said it is &#8216;unthinkable&#8217; the women added the names of the two &#8216;royal racists&#8217; into the transcript themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saskia Peeters and Nellie Keukelaar-van Rijsbergern are named in the preface to the book &#8216;EndGame&#8217; which was withdrawn from sale in Holland after two members of the royal family\u00a0were named in the racism scandal engulging the group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The publisher initially claimed the names were revealed due to a &#8216;translation&#8217; mix up but later said an &#8216;error&#8217; led to their printing on pages 128 and 324 of the book which has the title &#8216;Final Battle&#8217; in Holland.<\/p>\n<p>Colleagues who work translating books from English into Dutch told MailOnline it would be &#8216;unthinkable&#8217; for the women to have chosen to insert the names themselves unless they were already in the manuscript.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Paul Janse, who runs a book translation service, said: &#8216;I find it really unthinkable that a translator would mention names that weren&#8217;t there in their English version, especially such a sensitive matter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/14\/78425399-12809967-image-a-13_1701355363089.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Saskia Peeters and Nellie Keukelaar-van Rijsbergern (pictured) are named in the preface to the book &#8216;End Game&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/15\/78425015-12809967-Omid_Scobie_pictured_spoke_about_the_royal_book_translation_erro-a-1_1701357519031.jpg\" height=\"695\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Omid Scobie (pictured)\u00a0spoke about the royal book &#8216;translation error&#8217; on live TV this morning\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To me it does not make sense. As a book translator you work with what is in front of you.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think they must have used a version with the names in it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Another experienced book translator based in Amsterdam also said the pair responsible for the Dutch version of &#8216;End Game&#8217; would not have written the names unless they were in the manuscript already.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Why would they choose these particular names out of all of those they could use,&#8217; said the translator.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Omid Scobie says he&#8217;s &#8216;as frustrated as everyone else&#8217; after &#8216;royal racists&#8217; were named in Dutch translation of Endgame &#8211; as he insists he&#8217;s been treated &#8216;unfairly&#8217; and fails to apologise for scandal<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;They are very experienced professionals who have so many credits to their name. Why would they risk doing this and who is to say they got the right names.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The two women credited with the translation have so far refused to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Peters, who has run a translation service based in Arnhem, has 20 years experience translating manuscripts from English into Dutch.<\/p>\n<p>On her LinkedIn page she lists fiction and non-fiction books as well as for children and youth books.<\/p>\n<p>She also specialises in cook books with dozens translated from English into Dutch.<\/p>\n<p>Her colleague Nellie Keukelaar -van Rijsbergern also has vast experience of translating famous authors, mostly focusing on fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Her credits include Nicholas Spark&#8217;s &#8216;Dear John&#8217; and Wilbur Smith&#8217;s &#8216;The Warriors Cry.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The publishers of Scobie&#8217;s &#8216;poisonous&#8217; book have refused to make any comment about the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Xander Uitgevers based in Haarlem said:&#8217; There will be no further comment.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>All copies of the paperback book were removed from bookstores across Holland on Wednesday and will be back on sale on December 8th.<\/p>\n<p>However, the controversy has so far failed to boost sales with bookstores not reporting any demand for advance orders.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/30\/15\/78425017-12809967-Colleagues_of_the_two_experienced_Dutch_translators_of_Omid_Scob-a-2_1701357519054.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Colleagues of the two &#8216;experienced&#8217; Dutch translators of Omid Scobie&#8217;s book said it is &#8216;unthinkable&#8217; the women added the names of the two &#8216;royal racists&#8217; into the transcript themselves<\/p>\n<p>The biggest bookstore in Holland \u2013 boasting enough books to cover 2.2km \u2013 only had seven orders prior to their being taken off the shelves.<\/p>\n<p>A member of staff at Scheltema in Amsterdam city centre said they had not seen any surge in demand for the royal book.<\/p>\n<p>Other stores in the city said they had not any advance orders for End Game.<\/p>\n<p>Zoe Blauboer, assistant manager of the Scheltema bookstore, said it was unusual for a publisher to demand books be withdrawn the day they go on sale.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve never come across such a thing. We just had an email from the publisher saying they were not to be sold and to send them back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We did not have a big display planned, so it was not a problem.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0King brushes off Omid Scobie race row: Charles jokes &#8216;he&#8217;s alright&#8230; just about&#8217; as Palace considers legal action &#8211; after Piers Morgan named two royals accused of racism<\/h3>\n<p>Other bookstore owners said the only time they could recall a similar incident was in the 1980s when &#8216;The Satanic Verses&#8217; book had to be withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>Fred Lafire, who runs the Old English Bookshop, said:&#8217; It is unusual for a publisher to recall a book as soon as it goes on sale.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The only other time I can recall was whe Salman Rushdie&#8217;s Satanic Verses came out and the cover had to be changed. That was back in the 1980s.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Despite making headlines around the world over the racism scandal few people in Amsterdam were aware of the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Student Elena Giordano said she would not rush out to buy the book.<\/p>\n<p>She said:&#8217; &#8216;It is of little interest to people in Holland. We do know about Harry and Meghan and how they have attacked the royal family, but I doubt I will buy the book.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Student Jette Calot said:&#8217; We have our own royal family so we do no follow what happens in England that much,.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But it always seem to be about Harry and Meghan. I think they like putting themselves in the news.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Her friend Julia Hassinla added: &#8216;I don&#8217;t think it is that interesting.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12809967\/Colleagues-two-experienced-Dutch-translators-Omid-Scobies-book-say-unthinkable-women-added-names-two-royal-racists-transcript-themselves.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colleagues of the two &#8216;experienced&#8217; Dutch translators of Omid Scobie&#8217;s book say it&#8217;s &#8216;unthinkable&#8217; the women added names of the two &#8216;royal racists&#8217; into the transcript themselves READ: Scobie says he&#8217;s &#8216;as frustrated as everyone else&#8217; after &#8216;royal racists&#8217; named Colleagues of the two &#8216;experienced&#8217; Dutch translators of Omid Scobie&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Colleagues say Dutch translators adding names in Endgame unthinkable - Turbo Celebrity<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/world-news\/colleagues-say-dutch-translators-adding-names-in-endgame-unthinkable\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Colleagues say Dutch translators adding names in Endgame unthinkable - Turbo Celebrity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Colleagues of the two &#8216;experienced&#8217; 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