| Description | Project managed by Sarah Letza (Translator in Residence, Aston University and Writing West Midlands, 2022-2023) and Susan Campbell (Lecturer in Translation Studies, Aston University). Document translated by Aston University Students Angela Priest, Sayyeda Moti, Ivan Silva, Eduardo Recasens Navarro, Isabel Richards, Holly Mackey, Kate Ranson, Lee Beecher and Sarah Letza, with contributions from Mariam Sohail and Peter Swanson.
Translations of 5 documents from DRBC/12/4/6/1. The Stourbridge Glass Museum commissioned an English translation of an original German propaganda document, written in French, dated September 1914 (part of DRBC/12/4/6/1.
Contains translations/transcriptions of all 5 documents; translation brief; information on Steven and Williams, precursor to Royal Brierley Crystal, and Stevens and Williams and World War One; photocopy of letter in English (September 1914); translation of the letter; image of the envelope; copy of German propaganda document (written in French) and the translation in English; information section with separate perspectives from Germany and The Allies on 'Dum Dum Bullets', 'The Campaign of Lies', 'BBC news website article: World War One: The speech that made the case for war, published 1 August 2014' and a map showing the military situation up to the 7th September 1914. |