Don't know how "good" they are, but Baen put out some Verne edited by Ron Miller that are supposed to be new translations that fix numerous errors...
https://www.baen.com/ron-miller-clas...dle-seven.html
Text from the 20,000 Leagues description...
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Features 26 unique illustrations by Ron Miller including cutaway views and schematics of the Natuilus, accurate maps, and details of Verne’s diving suits
Includes appendices, annotations, and other additional information by editor Ron Miller
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller
Unabridged version
Featured in Ron Miller’s “The Conquest of Space Book Series.” This special edition of Jules Verne's classic novel corrects more than 3000 errors in the original 1872 English translation and replaces the 23% of text that had been expurgated by the original translator for political, ideological and other reasons.
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