>see book i want to read in a language i can't read >take

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2015-12-28 23:20:39 Post No. 7515048
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Anonymous 2015-12-28 23:20:39 Post No. 7515048 [Report]

>see book i want to read in a language i can't read
>take out the only translation in my library
>it's shit
>find a pdf online of a different translation
>it's shit
>research on different translations, find one that is said to be fantastic by people who's opinion I respect
>find pdf online purporting to be this translation
>get halfway into the book before realizing it isn't even the translation it claims to be, but is instead a far less acclaimed one
>i finally give up and just pay for the edition i'd been looking for
>mfw it's unbeliavably better than the one i'd almost finished
>mfw i have to start the story over from the very beginning

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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:00:25 Post No.7515201
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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:00:25 Post No.7515201 [Report]

what book?

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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:11:02 Post No.7515236
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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:11:02 Post No.7515236 [Report]

>>7515201
the iliad. read it a very long time ago so i didn't remember much of it and decided to reread it since i'd enjoyed it so much.

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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:33:47 Post No.7515296
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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:33:47 Post No.7515296 [Report]

What language?

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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:36:20 Post No.7515302
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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:36:20 Post No.7515302 [Report]

>>7515236
Really? The fucking Iliad? Jesus Christ.

What translations did you read?

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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:39:50 Post No.7515312
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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:39:50 Post No.7515312 [Report]

>>7515302
the one from the library was s translation by michael rick, while the one i thought to be the translation i'd read the first time i'd read the iliad was by samuel butler. the translation i'd been looking for was the one by fagles.

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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:42:41 Post No.7515326
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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:42:41 Post No.7515326 [Report]

>>7515312
Fitzgerald translation is the best, IMO.

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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:44:47 Post No.7515332
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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:44:47 Post No.7515332 [Report]

>>7515326
i'll read it once I finish fagles' translation. thank you for the recommendation, though, anon.

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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:46:00 Post No.7515338
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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:46:00 Post No.7515338 [Report]

>>7515312
>the translation i'd been looking for was the one by fagles.

Really? Where were you looking for it that you couldn't find?

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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:59:03 Post No.7515368
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Anonymous 2015-12-29 00:59:03 Post No.7515368 [Report]

>>7515332
Lattimore has some acclaim on here too.

Lattimore, Fagles or Fitzgerald it seems are the three main choices.

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Anonymous 2015-12-29 02:18:36 Post No.7515548
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Anonymous 2015-12-29 02:18:36 Post No.7515548 [Report]

>>7515338
i was trying to find a free pdf of it but failed horribly