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Translations General: The First Edition edition

>which translation of Homer should I read
>should I read Kaufmann’s translation of Zarathustra, or a more recent translation
>should I read the Anscombe translation of Philosophical Investigations, or Schulte and Hacker
This board has too many of these threads. Usually they’re one of the same dozen questions that end up being answered with one of the same two or three dozen answers. Why not condense all of these down into one general?

>why should I post in Translations General?
Easy! No, really, it might be easier this way. Let’s say this general takes off. This board is lucky enough to be graced by a few actual scholars, who might come to /lit/ and go straight to /translations/ with the purpose of seeing if there’s a question that falls within the scope of their knowledge. Or, maybe the resident Romanian literature scholar is asleep, but there’s some other anon awake who’s seen some variant of your question before and remembers Rudislav’s answer. It’s also possible (in fact likely) that someone has already asked for a recommendation for whichever work you’re looking for. Paradoxically enough, your question may be more visible if posted in this thread than it would be if you made a new post for it.