/lit/ - Literature

>>20687075
>I'm sorry, I love the Tale of Genji so much and I always wanted to make a thread about it but now that there is a thread I really can't think of very much to say.
Don't worry, there's not many fellow ToG readers to feed off of on /lit/ or just the english internet haha

What do people think of the various Genji translations? Personally I have a soft spot for Waley even though he took some liberties and his first few chapters are rough. Tyler is very good. Seidensticker and Washburn I haven't read yet.
I've only read the Tyler and Seidensticker translations and both has their pros and cons. The Tyler version is more accuate and complete but at the cost that it can be sort of confusing to the modern reader, the notes and illustrations (penguins deluxe edition) did help a lot though. The Seidensticker translation is much easier to read and follow, but perhaps at the expense of the accuracy of the original. Either way I enjoyed both a lot and one helped me undertand the other better.