[]] A native of Scotland, Scott Moncrieff had served as a captain in the Scottish Borderers during World War I. [2]Before reading A la recherche du temps perdu he had already made a name for himself as the translator of major French works, such as La Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland) and Stendhal's two masterful novels Le Rouge et le Noir (The Red and the Black)and La Chartreuse de Parme (The Charterhouse of Parma). [3] After the Great War Scott Moncrieff had served as secretary to Lord Northcliffe in addition to being an editor at The London Times. [4] 40 In January 1920, () a thirty year old Scott Moncrieff resigned his post at the Times in order to devote himself entirely to translating A la recherche du temps perdu 42 This question refers to 40 Choose the option that best improves the underlined portion of the sentence. A NOCHANGE B ) In January of 1920 After January 1920 January, 1920