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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
A while back I asked the very helpful and Stephen Dodson, aka languagehat for his recommendation of a W&P translation (his site is HEAVILY focused on Russian literature). After a disclaimer that he hadn't read anything translated from Russian for many years, the rest of his reply I found balanced and helpful: |
I will say this for them though - the footnotes are beyond compare. I learned so much on my first reading of their translation (I'd read two different translations prior to that), and it added quite a bit to my enjoyment.