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jerbear3 t1_j6ozm0r wrote

I've tried the P&V translations of both Crime & Punishment and Notes From Underground and just could not get through them. I wonder what makes them so difficult compared to others?

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Timely-Huckleberry73 t1_j6pdrxg wrote

Apparently some people really like the p&v translations. They are supposed to be a very faithful and direct translation from Russian. However, I think this results in a text that reads very unnaturally in English. Constance Garnett on the other hand is criticized by some for taking too many liberties with the text. I prefer her method though because it reads so naturally and feels like it was written in English in the first place.

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