Translation update in progress

We went to the Eucharist at St Catherine's third morning, but apart from a wound clinic visit after lunch, didn't go out again. This last few days Clare has been preoccupied with translating from the German sections of a new revised and updated edition of the book about the influence on babies of the usage of mobile phones tablets, TV and computers by their parents and others caring for them. It's amazing to think that it's six and a half years since we worked together on publishing an English translation of the original Swiss German version of 2008. 

Technology has developed so rapidly over the past decade, and is now so much more ubiquitous and available on demand anywhere, that risks to child development foreseen at that time have been widely researched and become more an issue of public concern and debate, although not in all quarters. A revised edition is timely to say the least, and now the generic term 'digital devices' has grown in currency, a new English edition should have a snappier title. 

When not exercising, cooking or shopping, I have been working my way through a third series of episodes of Professor T on More Four 'Walter Presents' euro-movie channel. An eccentric, thought provoking, tragi-comic Belgian crimmie, still laced with literary and philosophical quotations, and making effective use of a range of classical and modern music soundtracks, thoughtfully chosen to echo, not only the scene, but underlying dramatic themes. It requires a certain level of concentration not only for reading the subtitles to Flemish/French dialogue, but to keep up with scene switching as two connected stories unfold at the same time. Very sophisticated, well crafted and worth the effort.

Episodes in the first half of series three place the savant criminologist in prison, where he awaits trial for shooting a corrupt policeman. Initially, he is bullied but soon fellow inmates are turning to him for help and advice relating to their own cases. He gets to share a cell with a savant turned serial killer whom he helped put behind bars for life, who bears him no ill-ill, as the man has found a role and a purpose in prison life and an understanding of his murderous past. It's fascinating device, a quirky example perhaps, of the 'wounded healer' redemptive theme.