Don Quixote Questions

[Diane]

Today I received a deal for Don Quixote. In doing a little research I noticed there are different translations. I am wondering if any of you have any recommendations on which translation is best? John Rutherford or Edith Grossman? Any comments are welcome. Thank you.

I found this. The four "major" translations that are referenced over and over again are by Smollett, Grossman, Putnam, and Raffel.

[Jen]

I’m going to try and read it in the original Spanish but I came across this discussion of translations. Hopefully it helps. http://www.online-literature.com/foru...

[Diane]

Jen wrote: "I’m going to try and read it in the original Spanish but I came across this discussion of translations. Hopefully it helps. http://www.online-literature.com/foru......"

Thank you.

[Diane]

I found a discussion thread about Don Quixote translations here on Goodreads.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Tracy]

Jen wrote: "I’m going to try and read it in the original Spanish but I came across this discussion of translations. Hopefully it helps. http://www.online-literature.com/foru......"

My brother in law grew up speaking Spanish at home and English everywhere else. He thought he’d get an easy college credit, and took a Spanish class- and found himself reading Don Quixote in the very original Old Spanish. He nearly failed. So much for an easy A...

[Melissa]

I was wondering the same thing, and thought I’d try to get the same translation as the group.

[Kristel]

I know that the quarterly reads all have moderators but can't find the topic thread where this is listed.

I think that the moderator could kind of suggest which translation she is going to favor. I won't get a new book and if I reread it so that I can participate in discussion, it will be what I already own.

[Kristel]

I found this, Dianne is a our moderator.

Don Quixote, Dianne!

[Gail]

The free on-line editions seem to favor Grossman but I haven't checked them all yet