What’s the best translation of One Hundred Years of Solitude?
According to the author, the English translation is better than his original Spanish version!
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What’s the best translation of Don Quixote? (Part 2)
I found so much information on translations of Don Quixote that I had to split this post into two! Part 2 focuses on 7 translations published from 2000 to 2020, including the popular Grossman translation, and gives information about a few related books.
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What’s the best translation of Don Quixote? (Part 1)
I found so much information on translations of Don Quixote that I had to split this post into two! Part 1 of this post talks about the history of the novel, the challenge of translating it, and the pronunciation and spelling of the title. The post gives information about 14 translations published from 1620 to 1995, including the popular Ormsby translation.
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What’s the best English translation of Rizal’s novel Noli Me Tangere?
“The Noli” has been abridged, adapted, bowdlerized, and translated with several different titles, so there’s definitely some potential for confusion.
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