\brief{Rudolf Carnap an W.V.O. Quine, 8. April 1934}{April 1934}

%Prof. Dr. Rudolf Carnap

%Prag XVII

%N. Motol, Pod Homolkou

%Prague, April 8, 1934.

\anrede{Dear Mr. Quine,}

\haupttext{many thanks for your letter of March 12th. I return you the copy of the German part of your letter; you write such a
good German that I had only to change some expressions. I am very obliged to you for the trouble you took in order to
advance my America-aims. We were very pleased to see that Ina\IN{\ina} was right: she said to me from the first moment of her
acquaintance with Naomi\IN{\quinefrau} and you: ``you will see, Quine\IN{\quine} will become good friends to us''. -- Meantimes I got a letter from
Lewis\IN{\lewis}; he wrote that he will write in my favor to two places, he had heard of the possibility of an invitation for one
semester. He did not mention the possibility of an invitation from Harvard\II{\harvard}. It is a pity, Ina\IN{\ina} and I would have been very
happy to be in the same town where Naomi\IN{\quinefrau} and you are. I heard from different parts that it would not be difficult for a
University which has the wish to invite a professor but has not money enough to get a share from the Rockefeller
Foundation\II{\rockefellerstiftung}; perhaps this is still a possibility for me to come over.

Now I got an invitation of the University of London\II{\universitaetlondon} for a course of three lectures. I expect to go to England in the
middle of September -- after the Internat[ional] Congress for Philosophy in Prague\II{\kongressphilosophieprag} -- and to spend there some weeks for
learning good English pronounciation. The lectures will be in the first half of October.

The translation of the ,,Die physikalische Sprache usw.``\IC{} is now finished; the little book will appear soonly. The
agreement with Ogden\IN{\ogden} about the translation of the Logische Syntax\IC{\logischesyntaxenglisch} is also ready; but now I have to negociate with my
German publisher about his consent; this will be a hard work. But I hope to come to a good end. \neueseite{}

I am glad to hear that you finished the rewriting of your book\IW{\quinebuch}. I am very interested to learn about your simplifications
and your departure from tradition. What a pity that it will appear so late!

You are right: ``inhaltlich'' would be best translated as ``material''; so I suggested to Mr. Black\IN{\black} for his translation
of the Physikalische Sprache\IC{}. I heard from Schlick\IN{\schlick}, that Malisoff's\IN{\malisoff} translation of my article\IC{} is not a good English. What
do you think about? I ask this for the future; because it is the simpliest way for me that Malisoff\IN{\malisoff} himself translates
the articles.

I don't know the book\IW{} of Tooke\IN{} and am very pleased to hear your report. Sorry I shall not get it here in the library.

We were glad to hear that you are quite content with the circumstances in which you live now. It is surely of great
value for you that you have now three years only for your work without considerable sorrows about the subsistence. What
makes Naomi\IN{\quinefrau} all the time? Ina is very interested to hear about.

Would you perhaps be willing to write a review\IW{} of my ``Syntax''\IC{\logischesyntaxenglisch} in an American journal? In this case the best way is
that the administration of the journal requests a review-copy from the publisher (J. Springer\IN{\springerjulius}, Wien I, Schottengasse 4)
mentioning your name as writer of the review. If you do not like to review please write me; in this case it will be a
pleasure for me to send you a complimentary copy.

With heartiest greetings to you both, also from Ina\IN{\ina},}

\grussformel{Sincerely yours,\\
R. Carnap}

\ebericht{Brief, msl., 2 Seiten, \href{https://doi.org/10.48666/854808}{WQ}; Briefkopf: gestempelt \original{Prof. Dr. Rudolf Carnap \,/\, Prag XVII. \,/\, N. Motol, Pod Homolkou}, msl. \original{Prague, April\,8, 1934}.}