What is the best English translation of Kalevala?
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What is the best English translation of Kalevala?
The Finnish one
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>>7814406
Kalevala doesn't really translate well at all. At least not to english.
>tfw writing a screenplay based on Kalevala
I have the oxford World Classics version, forgot which translator. I'd recommend that because I'm enjoying it (though I have no experience with other versions)
>>7814406
the ylilauta one :DDDDDD
Honestly? I'd say the finnish one, since english and finnish have different origins.
>>7814406
I've read all the translations and the Finnish one is best
Yeah cause so many foreigners have a reason to learn fuckin Finnish
OP id suggest looking into whatever Translation Tolkien read or may have made himself, he was a big fan after all
> 2016
> not speaking fluent old Finnish
why are you even on this board?
>>7815368
If I remember correctly, Tolkien read a more straightforward finnish translation of Kalevala (as in not the original thats karelian-finnish).
>>7814406
Just go to /int/. You'll pick up everything you need to know about Finland there.
Did you know that Finnish has 30 words for knife fight but no word for sober?
>>7816702