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I read the verse translation by Dick Davis. It's an amazing achievement, but I was distracted by the rhythm of the words and felt I might prefer the prose translation of Rudolf Gelpke. However, the multitude of poetic devices might seem out of place in a prose version. Anyone read both?

Lucy Day Werts Those are the two professionally published complete translations that I know of in English: the verse translation by Davis and the prose translation b…moreThose are the two professionally published complete translations that I know of in English: the verse translation by Davis and the prose translation by Gelpke.

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