Translator's Preface

It was by a fortunate accident that the privilege of translating into English, for Young India, the Story of My Experiments with Truth or Gandhiji’s Autobiography, as it was being published in Navajivan from week to week, fell to me. No one, perhaps, is more conscious of the blemishes in the translation than myself. But it might be some comfort to the reader to know, that the volume, in the form in which it now appears, has had, so far as the meaning of the author is concerned, the benefit of his own careful revision, and so far as the language is concerned, the advantage of equally careful revision by Shrimati Miraben (Miss Madeleine Slade), who cast in her lot with us at the Ashram a year and a half ago.

By a fortunate accident, I had the privilege of translating The Story of My Experiments with Truth, or Gandhiji’s Autobiography, into English for Young India. I translated the autobiography as it appeared week by week in Navajivan. Perhaps no one is more aware of the flaws in the translation than I am. But readers may find some comfort in knowing that the author has carefully revised this volume to ensure that it conveys his meaning. Shrimati Miraben (Miss Madeleine Slade) has revised the language with equal care. She joined us at the Ashram a year and a half ago.

M. D.

M. D.