If you want a wonderful newer translation of Dante, there's a newer one by Anthony Esolen that is muscular, dynamic and just ripping good! ;-) We used it with

If you want a wonderful newer translation of Dante, there's a newer one by Anthony Esolen that is muscular, dynamic and just ripping good! ;-) We used it with our kids in our home education efforts. But, yes, the Dorothy Sayers translation is a real tour de force, if a bit stilted because she has to resort to truly archaic English to get the terza rima to work. But still...