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Unfortunately, Verne was not well served by his contemporary translators -- among other things, there are technical descriptions, or episodes poking fun at the
by rst 7y ago
Unfortunately, Verne was not well served by his contemporary translators -- among other things, there are technical descriptions, or episodes poking fun at the English or Americans, which somehow just never showed up in the English translations. There are newer translations that do a much better job -- but those are still within copyright, and so not cheap. (This addresses only the text; the illustrations are a significant extra wrinkle.)
- James_Henry 7y agoGuess I'll have to learn French!
- jacobolus 7y ago> newer translations that do a much better job Do you have recommendations?
- Reason077 7y agoJules Verne Translations That Don't Stink: https://19thlevel.blogspot.com/2012/08/jules-verne-translations-that-dont-stink.html https://19thlevel.blogspot.com/2012/08/jules-verne-translati...