Mark Twain provided humorously telling evidence for the frequent unreliability of back-translation when he issued his own back-translation of a French translation of his short story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". He published his back-translation in a 1903 volume together with his English-language original, the French translation, and a "Private History of the 'Jumping Frog' Story". The latter included a synopsized adaptation of his story that Twain stated had appeared, unattributed to Twain, in a Professor Sidgwick’s Greek Prose Composition (p. 116) under the title, "The Athenian and the Frog"; the adaptation had for a time been taken for an independent ancient Greek precursor to Twain's "Jumping Frog" story. COUNT 5
QSN1 Who provided a humorous example of the unreliability of back-translation?  ANS1 Mark Twain QSN2 When was Twain's back-translation published? ANS2 1903 QSN3 For what language did Twain create a back-translation? ANS3 French QSN4 What include a synopsized adaptation of Twain's story? ANS4 "Private History of the 'Jumping Frog' Story" QSN5 What had been thought for a while to be an independent ancient Greek precursor to Twain's story? ANS5 "The Athenian and the Frog"