Friday, June 24, 2011

The Tube in Translation

Under the question ‘Ever wondered what life would be like if Germany had won the war?' The Times today reproduced a new translation of the famous London Tube Map. They offer a link to the full version on their website (behind the pay wall), but it is freely available through this link which I found on The Magistrate's Blog yesterday.

The translation is an avowedly ‘idiosynchratic’ one based on the pioneering work of Cyril M Harris in his book What’s in a Name?

This new map was lovingly compiled by Horst Prillinger, who works at the University of Vienna & has his own blog at The Aardvark Speaks