Of the various English translations of Freud's major works to appear in his lifetime only one
was authorized by Freud himself: The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of
Sigmund Freud under the general editorship of James Strachey. Freud approved the overall
editorial plan specific renderings of key words and phrases and the addition of valuable
notes from bibliographical and explanatory. Many of the translations were done by Strachey
himself the rest were prepared under his supervision. The result was to place the Standard
Edition in a position of unquestioned supremacy over all other existing versions.
