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John S. Allen's publications: translations

Read examples of my translating work.

I have translated many technical documents under contract, mostly for Linguistic Systems of Cambridge, Massachusetts. I have translated the following books:

mallotsm.jpg (7501 bytes) Mallot, Hanspeter A.,
Computational Vision
John S. Allen, Translator. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 2000

An introductory text on the neurobiology of vision and on computer vision. Originally published as Sehen und die Verarbeitung visueller Informationen: Eine Einführung; Wiesbaden, Vieweg, 1998. Available from MIT Press or from Amazon.com.

Cover of The Physics of the Violin

Cremer, Lothar
The Physics of the Violin
John S. Allen, translator. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1983

A thoroughgoing analysis of the physics of sound production and transmission in musical instruments of the violin family. First published as Physik der Geige; Stuttgart, S. Hirzel Verlag, 1981. Available from MIT Press or from Amazon.com.

Cover of Spatial Hearing

Blauert, Jens.
Spatial Hearing
John S. Allen, Translator. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1996 (second English-language edition), 1982 (first English-language edition).

A widely cited survey of research into the psychophysics of human auditory localization. Originally published as Räumliches Hören, Stuttgart, S. Hirzel Verlag, 1974. The second, revised English-language edition is available from MIT Press or from Amazon.com.


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