What's the best translation of this book?

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Anonymous Sat Feb 16 22:31:41 2013 No.3476712 [Reply] [Original]

What's the best translation of this book?

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 22:39:41 2013 No.3476730 >>3476712 Probably the Penguin Classics edition.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 22:53:41 2013 No.3476776 >>3476730 You sure? It got complaints on the Amazon page.

Anonymous Sat Feb 16 22:57:41 2013 No.3476788

>>3476776
I can only see one 2-star review. I haven't read it for a long time, so I barely remember the prose. I think it would be almost impossible to retain the same derisive tone; it's probably exclusively a French, idiomatic mode of writing. A translation is never going to be perfect.

>>	Anonymous Sat Feb 16 23:01:41 2013 No.3476796 >>3476788 I am well aware how much is lost in translation. I just want the translation that loses as little as possible. I know this is a difficult thing to measure, but personal preference from knowledgeable readers will be good enough for now.

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