Translator’s Preface and Acknowledgments
TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
IN TRANSLATING the present book into English, I have tried to retain the informal style and conversational tone of the original while also remaining true to the seriousness of its purpose. In keeping with this intention, there are no “translator’s notes” in the form of footnotes or endnotes. Where it has seemed necessary to explain a word or phrase, the explanation has been added to main text within square brackets. Danish has been retained in the titles of newspapers; titles of books and journals have been rendered in English. In a number of cases, line or paragraph breaks in the original material have been indicated by the inclusion of a slash (/) in the text.
A project of this magnitude would not have been possible without support from a number of individuals and institutions. Joakim Garff and I have spent many hours discussing this translation, and I am very thankful for his interest and cooperation. Much of this work was completed at the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre in Copenhagen, and I am grateful for the hospitality and collegial working environment I enjoyed while I was there during a sabbatical from Connecticut College. And I would especially like to thank Diane Tyburski Birmingham and Margaret Ryan Hellman, who read and commented on large portions of the manuscript.
Bruce H. Kirmmse