The mass production of translation— For a limited market

The mass production of translation for a limited market was a concept initiated at Consultants Bureau in 1946 by the author, a concept that evolved over a period of several years amid trying circumstances. At each juncture, where it seemed the enterprise might fail, fresh thinking added further dimension. Even the potential threat that Robert Maxwell would either bury or swallow Consultants Bureau led to further orderliness in the end, not only of the process, but in international affairs, all the more remarkable since these events took place during and even at the height(s) of the Cold War, and without the possibility of intervention by any justice system or government influence. Earl Maxwell Coleman is the former president and CEO of the Plenum Publishing Corporation.