What translation of the Journey to the West should I read, if

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2017-01-29 07:34:12 Post No.
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Anonymous 2017-01-29 07:34:12 Post No. [Report]

What translation of the Journey to the West should I read, if I want to read the whole thing (over 2000 pages)?

Anonymous 2017-01-29 08:18:20 Post No.9034292
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Anonymous 2017-01-29 08:18:20 Post No.9034292 [Report]

>>9034241
I'm reading the Collinson Fair translation, I think.
I think it's pretty great.

Anonymous 2017-01-29 08:20:06 Post No.9034294
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Anonymous 2017-01-29 08:20:06 Post No.9034294 [Report]

>>9034241
http://www.learner.org/courses/worldlit/journey-to-the-west/read/translations-editions.html

Anonymous 2017-01-29 08:56:24 Post No.9034350
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Anonymous 2017-01-29 08:56:24 Post No.9034350 [Report]

>>9034241
>take 17 year pilgrimage looking for the original texts so he doesn't have to read the translations

Is Xuanzang, dare I say it, /ourguy/?

Anonymous 2017-01-29 09:14:12 Post No.9034382
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Anonymous 2017-01-29 09:14:12 Post No.9034382 [Report]

No good translations of Chinese literature exist.

Anonymous 2017-01-29 09:31:29 Post No.9034403
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Anonymous 2017-01-29 09:31:29 Post No.9034403 [Report]

>>9034350
Very nice. I guess he was lucky that when he got to India nobody advised him to start with the Greeks.

Anonymous 2017-01-29 07:23:00 Post No.9035924
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Anonymous 2017-01-29 07:23:00 Post No.9035924 [Report]

>>9034350
Patrician as fuck

Anonymous 2017-01-29 07:26:13 Post No.9035935
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Anonymous 2017-01-29 07:26:13 Post No.9035935 [Report]

>>9034241
Dota 2..