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Bookworm_Girl · 11-15-2014, 02:33 PM

Thank you, sun surfer and paola. Your information on the translations is very interesting.

I have also discovered that some editions contain an extra chapter. Rizal removed Chapter 25, "Elías and Salomé," before publication. The José Rizal National Centennial Commission included this chapter as an appendix when reprinting the text in 1961.

I'm still undecided which translation to pick. The 1961 translation by Leon Ma. Guerrero is available to me through my Oyster subscription. However, I noticed that it is missing the epigraph, "To My Country," which explains why Derbyshire titled his translation The Social Cancer. It also inserts the missing chapter into the table of contents as Chapter 25 rather than keeping it as an appendix. I am tempted by the Penguin translation. It has a great introduction, and I like the extra notes. I also downloaded the Spanish version for fun, although my Spanish text comprehension is not good enough to read the whole novel stand-alone without assistance from an English translation and dictionary.

I have a little time to decide. I must finish the current book I am reading before I start this one.

11-15-2014, 02:33 PM	#8
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,873 Karma: 36536965 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	Thank you, sun surfer and paola. Your information on the translations is very interesting. I have also discovered that some editions contain an extra chapter. Rizal removed Chapter 25, "Elías and Salomé," before publication. The José Rizal National Centennial Commission included this chapter as an appendix when reprinting the text in 1961. I'm still undecided which translation to pick. The 1961 translation by Leon Ma. Guerrero is available to me through my Oyster subscription. However, I noticed that it is missing the epigraph, "To My Country," which explains why Derbyshire titled his translation The Social Cancer. It also inserts the missing chapter into the table of contents as Chapter 25 rather than keeping it as an appendix. I am tempted by the Penguin translation. It has a great introduction, and I like the extra notes. I also downloaded the Spanish version for fun, although my Spanish text comprehension is not good enough to read the whole novel stand-alone without assistance from an English translation and dictionary. I have a little time to decide. I must finish the current book I am reading before I start this one.