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Originally Posted by jgaiser
Interestingly, there was a recent post on MetaFilter on this topic. A lot of interesting comments about the value of various translators and I actually purchased a copy of the Robert Fagles translation from Amazon. I 'attempted' to read it in High School. I'll give it another try. |
And on a somewhat related note-
the Atlantic interviewed Philip Gabriel about translating Haruki Murakami's latest novel. I guess Gabriel's advantage/disadvantage is that in his case, the author is still alive (and can write and speak english).