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What's the best translation there is? In the Gallimard version (in French) they criticized the Russel version for having lost much of the meaning through translating to the English language. What to do?

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>>22959756
Wittgenstein completely approved C. K. Ogden's translation into English apparently. But if you're clever enough to read the Tractatus -- and you're good at languages rather than pure mathbod -- then you're clever enough to learn enough German to read the original. Get the bilingual C.K. Ogden one and follow along in German.

>> No.22959793

>>22959756
>>22959776
Nevermind, in the Gallimard translation, there has been a mention that Wittgenstein criticized the German translation of Russell, and that the finesse of his English had disappeared in the German translation. But still, which version should i read...

>> No.22960582

>>22959756
I have to admit that this book filters me like no other. The premise and summary are fascinating but I get bogged down after the first like 12 theses because of how intensely autistic it is.

>> No.22960594

>>22959756
The edition on Project Gutenberg was based on the C.K. Ogden version.

>> No.22960616

>>22959793
he answered your question?

>> No.22960803

>>22959756
He was autistic.