RobRoy
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Can someone please assist me? I'm not certain which translation of The Brothers Karamazov I should get for my Kindle.
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The Central Scrutinizer
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The English one. Unless you speak Russian.
If he is a native chinese speaker I recommend that he spring for the chinese version.
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The treeware copy I have is Constance Garnett's translation, this would appear to be PD now.
RobRoy
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Thanks, I hadn't taken that into consideration.
I don't.
I don't know what "PD" means in this context.
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The one that makes it not boring and good luck with that.
RobRoy
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Ahhh, yes. I wanted to steer clear of that until I knew which version of the book was considered the best translation into English.
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Well, this one won a PEN/Book of the Month translation prize in 1991, but it's not available for Kindle, unfortunately.
RobRoy
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Why must you tease me so?
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RobRoy
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Fixed it.
I had thought the title of the thread, the link in the OP, and the question in the OP would have made that clear. Looks like I've fallen for the classic "assume" blunder!
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Fixed it.
I had thought the title of the thread, the link in the OP, and the question in the OP would have made that clear. Looks like I've fallen for the classic "assume" blunder!
Hmmm I seem to recall...
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6937518&postcount=331
RobRoy
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Hmmm I seem to recall...
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6937518&postcount=331
Really? A strawman in a thread asking for advice? Come now, I have far too much respect for you than this!
Now, if we could just get this thread back on track:
Can someone please assist me? I'm not certain which translation of The Brothers Karamazov I should get for my Kindle.
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The English one. Unless you speak Russian.
RobRoy
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Should I just restart the thread.
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LOL
If you don't feel like typing TBK into MSWord, unfortunately it doesn't look like you have much of a choice.
From someone who apparently knows what she is talking about:
Well, I checked amazon and I wouldn't recommend any of the ones available on kindle right now. Most are the public domain versions of Garnnett, and the couple that aren't don't have linked foot/endnotes. On a large work translated from Russian that means a lot of extra work to get it read because the notes are important to understanding the works. As Geemont said, the Pevears is a really good translation. I went ahead and clicked on the make it kindle for you
http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php?topic=10034.0
NotJesus
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Crime and Punishment is better anyway.
RobRoy
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