http://www.causeuse.com/2009/10/a-few-notes-on-the-iliad/ Et elle causait, elle causait, elle causait... Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:49:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.causeuse.com/2009/10/a-few-notes-on-the-iliad/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Charlotte Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:16:54 +0000 http://www.polyreader.com/?p=435#comment-43 I'm really not sure to be honest! Leconte de Lisle is the most famous translator - but it seems like Paul Mazon's translation from 1938-39 is still in wide use as a reference. I've read very good things on the Mugler translation (1995), but it seems to be out of print. When looking this up, I realized that the translations that seem to sell best in France are adaptations for children and young readers -- definitely not the public I have in mind for this! I’m really not sure to be honest! Leconte de Lisle is the most famous translator – but it seems like Paul Mazon’s translation from 1938-39 is still in wide use as a reference. I’ve read very good things on the Mugler translation (1995), but it seems to be out of print.
When looking this up, I realized that the translations that seem to sell best in France are adaptations for children and young readers — definitely not the public I have in mind for this!

]]> http://www.causeuse.com/2009/10/a-few-notes-on-the-iliad/comment-page-1/#comment-42 verbivore Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:09:58 +0000 http://www.polyreader.com/?p=435#comment-42 I read The Iliad for the first time (the whole thing, I'd read excerpts before) last year and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I think Fagles handles the poetic translation quite well, in the sense that it still feels like poetry and it feels natural to read aloud. I'll be curious to see how it goes for you. What is the most famous French translation of the Iliad, by what translator I mean? I read The Iliad for the first time (the whole thing, I’d read excerpts before) last year and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I think Fagles handles the poetic translation quite well, in the sense that it still feels like poetry and it feels natural to read aloud. I’ll be curious to see how it goes for you. What is the most famous French translation of the Iliad, by what translator I mean?

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