dear /lit/,

not even close; mandelbaum's translation is horrendous and completely distorts the authors intentions

>translations

>>7658717
who would you suggest

>>7658717
This is bait. It's a fantastic translation, just look at what others have to say. I just bought this very version (Everyman's) earlier today after reading some of it online and comparing it to other translations.

>>7658746
Following on this,

"The best crib available is still John D Sinclair's facing-page text from OUP; the best translation of the entire work is Allen Mandelbaum's (published by Everyman). Mandelbaum's is miraculously good: not only does it read like real poetry (although not exactly in the same metre as Dante), it is accurate enough to use as a very reliable crib."

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/nov/13/classics.dantealighieri

I don't like it very much. It's not very, well, poetic. Read John Ciardi's.

Someone post the chart

>>7658712
>>7658746
>>7658781
How is Longfellow's?

>>7658809
BUMP cuz you faggots are arguing about nihilism

should I get a prose translation if I'm too much of a babbie for poetry or is that too shameful?

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>>7659631
>prose translation

>>7659638
:(

>>7658849
Which is the EA version

>>7659764
WHAT'S EA

>>7658849
i really liked this image

>>7658809
beautiful but difficult for sustained reading.