Of the various English translations of Freuds major works to appear in hislifetime only one was authorized by Freud himself The Standard Edition of theComplete ... » 

Of the various English translations of Freuds major works to appear in hislifetime only one was authorized by Freud himself The Standard Edition of theComplete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud under the general editorship ofJames Strachey. Freud approved the overall editorial plan specific renderingsof key words and phrases and the addition of valuable notes frombibliographical and explanatory. Many of the translations were done by Stracheyhimself the rest were prepared under his supervision. The result was to placethe Standard Edition in a position of unquestioned supremacy over all otherexisting versions. Newly designed in a uniform format each new paperback inthe Standard Edition opens with a biographical essay on Freuds life and work along with a note on the individual volumeby Peter Gay Sterling Professor ofHistory at Yale. «