Which translation is better for... Sir Gawain and the Green

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2016-01-24 17:39:57 Post No. 7619708
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Anonymous 2016-01-24 17:39:57 Post No. 7619708 [Report]

Which translation is better for...

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Simon Armitage or Marie Borroff?

Beowulf: Seamus Heany in verse or Talbot Donaldson in prose?

Any other options worth checking?

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Anonymous 2016-01-24 17:42:12 Post No.7619721
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Anonymous 2016-01-24 17:42:12 Post No.7619721 [Report]

Simon Armitage's translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is fantastic, stick with it.

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Anonymous 2016-01-24 18:40:35 Post No.7619958
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Anonymous 2016-01-24 18:40:35 Post No.7619958 [Report]

>>7619721

And what about Beowulf?

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Anonymous 2016-01-24 18:41:47 Post No.7619962
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Anonymous 2016-01-24 18:41:47 Post No.7619962 [Report]

>>7619708
Seamus Heaney's Beowulf is incredible & the only good thing he ever wrote. The introduction is very good too.

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Anonymous 2016-01-24 18:42:42 Post No.7619965
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Anonymous 2016-01-24 18:42:42 Post No.7619965 [Report]

>>7619958
I've heard good things about the guy OWC used.

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Anonymous 2016-01-24 22:01:27 Post No.7620602
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Also worth a mention is Terry Jones' excellent reading of Gawain & the Green Knight. Once you get past the Python problem, I found it to be an evocative & passionate delivery of a subject in which he's well versed.