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YGG- · 10-12-2010, 06:56 AM

Best translation ever (for me) is "Les histoires comme ça" -from the original "Just so stories" by R. Kipling- by Fabulet et D'Humières; almost as beautiful as the orginal English! (& Kipling himself loved it).
My father read them to me often when I was a kid & I did likewise w/ my own ones...

10-12-2010, 06:56 AM	#27
YGG- Dry fruit Posts: 1,157 Karma: 1047086 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Paris, France Device: Bookeen Opus + HTC Desire HD	Best translation ever (for me) is "Les histoires comme ça" -from the original "Just so stories" by R. Kipling- by Fabulet et D'Humières; almost as beautiful as the orginal English! (& Kipling himself loved it). My father read them to me often when I was a kid & I did likewise w/ my own ones...