Translation copyright

I have a professor of Japanese who has spent her summer compiling a manual of ancient Japanese stories (604 A.D.) and is including an English translation of the stories. She used an existing published English translation for parts of the material but some is her modification of the translation. The largest selection from any one source is about 9 pages.  

I'm waffling over the necessity of requesting copyright permission for the use of the translations. The original stories are public domain. Any thoughts or suggestions? This will be copied and sold to students at the University owned bookstore.  

Kathy Tadlock
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Western Washington University
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kathy.tadlock[_at_]wwu.edu    Received on Fri Sep 29 2006 - 01:00:31 GMT