Why are there so many translations of the same work into English?
There are many works that never get translated into English. Why translate the same one again and again?
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What’s the best translation of The Brothers Karamazov?
Dostoevsky died before writing the second half of the two-part story he wanted to tell with these characters, but this half is nevertheless a much-admired achievement.
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Should we judge a book by the cover?
Yes and no… I think it depends on the situation and your personality. Here are arguments both ways!
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Crime and Punishment: premium gift books
Know someone who loves Russian literature? These editions make good gifts!
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What’s the best translation of The Little Prince?
Apart from The Bible, The Little Prince is the most translated work in the world!
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What’s the best translation of Bambi?
The 1942 Bambi movie, re-released in 1988, is a fixture of my childhood. I recently learned that it started out as a novel by an Austrian Jew.
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How can I read Layla and Majnun in English?
And now for something completely different… Penguin Classics is throwing their weight behind a Persian epic poem about star-crossed lovers Layla and Majnun.
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What’s the best translation of War and Peace?
So you’re going to read War and Peace in English. A worthy ambition. But do you want the embedded French passages translated into English in the text itself, or in footnotes?
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What’s the best translation of Solaris by Stanislaw Lem?
Now you can read Solaris, Stanislaw Lem’s best-known novel, in an English translation made directly from the original Polish!
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What’s the best translation of Les Miserables?
I like big books and I cannot lie! Wordsworth Classics presents the Wilbour translation in two volumes, but Signet Classics still sells what may be the thickest mass-market paperback in existence. More pages than their War and Peace!
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