What is the best translation of the Tao te Ching?

>>9887826
Ames and Hall, accept no substitutes

>translation
is this the /brainlet/ general thread?

>>9887826
Better question:
What's the best German translation?

>>9888085
Even if you're fluent in a particular language, without living in that country for a decade or 2 you will never understand the nuances of the original text you fucking brainlet. Translations are superior if you are not a native speaker. Kindly go fuck yourself.

>>9887826

One that is read

>>9887826
Does there exist a comfier pic than this?

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>>9888316

>>9888183
t. translation cuck

>>9888329
I need you to translate what a translation cuck is...

>>9888325
DELET THIS

seriously who made this lol

If you're asking seriously, probably Gia-Fu Feng.

>>9888113
Wilhelm. Maybe.

Red Pine.

>>9889991
Why?

>>9889936
I have those, but his constant comparisons to Christian themes are annoying and misleading imo