Translation Theory in the Age of Louis XIV: The 1683 de Optimo Genere Interpretandi (on the Best Kind of Translating) of Pierre Daniel Huet (1630-1721

James Albert DeLater received a PhD from the University of Washington (1997), where he studied English, comparative literature and translation. He has worked as a technical and medical translator, and taught at Portland State University, Oregon, and Saint Paul’s College, Virginia. He currently teaches at Hillsdale College, Michigan.