Family Name: Uria y Orueta
First Name: Leonardo
Personal info:
Career

Not much is known about Urìa y Orueta's career, except he was a priest, he held a degree in theology and was a candidate to that chair at the university of Valladolid in 1734.
Translations

translations activities

Urìa y Orueta is known to have translated only two works, from French into Spanish.

Both the translation of Voltaire and of the controversial 'Bible de Royaumont' produced at Port-Royal underwent several editions until the end of the eighteenth century, despite the fact that especially the first one was repeatedly condemned by the Inquisition.

Translations

  • Histoire de Charles XII, roi de Suède

  • Translation Title: Historia de Carlos XII, Rey de Suecia
  • Original Author: Voltaire
  • Original title: Histoire de Charles XII, roi de Suède
  • Publ. Year From: 1730 to: 1730
  • lang: French
  • Translation: Historia de Carlos XII, Rey de Suecia
  • Publisher: Manuel Martínez
  • N° Editions: 6
  • Pub. Place: Madrid
  • Pub. Date: 1733
  • Lang: Spanish
  • Note:

    Urìa y Orueta dedicated his translation to the secretary of king Philip V of Spain.

  • Histoire du vieux et du nouveau testament représentés par des figures et des explications édifiantes tirées des saints Pères, pour régler les mœurs dans toutes sortes de conditions

  • Translation Title: Historia de sucesos memorables del mundo
  • Original Author: Nicolas Fontaine, Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy
  • Original title: Histoire du vieux et du nouveau testament représentés par des figures et des explications édifiantes tirées des saints Pères, pour régler les mœurs dans toutes sortes de conditions
  • Publ. Year From: 1668 to: 1668
  • lang: French
  • Translation: Historia de sucesos memorables del mundo
  • Publisher: Lorenzo Francisco Mojados
  • N° Editions: 4
  • Pub. Place: Madrid
  • Pub. Date: 1751
  • Lang: Spanish
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