Lucy Day Werts answers “Best translation? The best answers I have...”

Valerie Kirk asked this question about War and Peace:

Best translation? The best answers I have seen regarding which translation to read: http://ospidillo-blog.blogspot.com/2011/02/which-translation-of-war-and-peace.html

Lucy Day Werts People have different purposes in reading, and different esthetic taste.

My first choice would be the Maude/Mandelker translation. This edition from Ox…morePeople have different purposes in reading, and different esthetic taste.

My first choice would be the Maude/Mandelker translation. This edition from Oxford is now the most recent, and seems like a good balance between smooth, non-modernized English and text updated to correct errors. It contains notes and other reader aids, and is available as a hardcover, paperback, or ebook.

Fans of Pevear & Volokhonsky will choose theirs, as it claims to be the most authentic, albeit at the cost of smoothness. Their edition also has lots of notes and extras.

For links and to find out more about the various translations of War and Peace, visit We Love Translations: World Literature in English, at:

https://welovetranslations.com/2021/0...(less)

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