Dr. Audra Merfeld-Langston, chair and associate professor of arts, languages, and philosophy at S&T, and her students studying French, recently published several of co-translations of Diderot and d’Alembert’s 18th-century Encyclopedie. The following works were translated:

• Mallet, Edme-François. “Aeromancy.” The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d’Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Audra Merfeld-Langston and Jessi Schoolcraft. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2021. Trans. of “Aéromantie,” Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 1. Paris, 1751.
• Diderot, Denis. “Sewing.” Translated by Audra Merfeld-Langston and Rachael McClaskey. Trans. of “Coudre,” Encyclopédie, vol. 4. Paris, 1754.
• Jaucourt, Louis, chevalier de. “Corset.” Translated by Audra Merfeld-Langston and Rachael McClaskey. Trans. of “Corset,” Encyclopédie, vol. 4. Paris, 1754.
• “Teratoscopy.” Translated by Audra Merfeld-Langston and Jessi Schoolcraft. Trans. of “Teratoscopie,” Encyclopédie, vol. 16. Paris, 1765.
• “Gown embellishment.” Translated by Audra Merfeld-Langston and Rachael McClaskey. Trans. of “Garniture de robe,” Encyclopédie, vol. 7. Paris, 1757.