Chiek Er answers “Which translation would you recommend? I'm...”

⚔️jousting jackdaw🐦‍⬛ asked this question about Les Misérables:

Which translation would you recommend? I'm looking at Donougher, Rose, and Denny.

Chiek Er Donougher's the best. A brilliant piece of translation. I have faith it was unabridged piece of painstaking perfection. Wonderful annotations and foot…moreDonougher's the best. A brilliant piece of translation. I have faith it was unabridged piece of painstaking perfection. Wonderful annotations and footnotes.

I read Isabel Hapsgoo many years ago and it was not as good.

I understand Denny's version is abridged because the slashed away parts of the novel. (less)

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