Table 1.Frequency of ‘fact’ and ‘facts’ in each of the six English translations of Thucydides’ History
| Translator | Date | ‘fact’ | ‘facts’ | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PT | TT | PT | TT | PT | TT | ||
| Hobbes |
(1629) 1843 |
1 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| Smith | 1753 | 11 | 45 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 52 |
| Bloomfield | 1829 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Dale | 1848 | 10 | 43 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 54 |
| Crawley | 1874 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 98 |
| Jowett | 1881 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 34 |
Note. PT = Paratext (introductions, prefaces, footnotes); TT = Target text.