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My favorite translation is by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky - I prefer it to Katz anyway. I haven't examined the Ready edition. (I ended up aquiring a
by peapicker 5y ago
My favorite translation is by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky - I prefer it to Katz anyway. I haven't examined the Ready edition. (I ended up aquiring all of Dostoevsky in Pevear/Volokhonsky translations, I like them so much -- I understand other dislike their editions for a number of reasons, tho)
I also really liked David McDuff's translation years ago.
Any of these are going to be miles better then Garnett, though.
- billfruit 5y agoThere is an opinion that Pevaar/Volkhonosky translations are not up to the mark, and that their text is rather plain. https://johnmcwhorter.substack.com/p/pevear-and-volokhonsky-are-indeed https://johnmcwhorter.substack.com/p/pevear-and-volokhonsky-...
- peapicker 5y agoI know all about that. And for some reason they still work for me.
- rurban 5y agoThe only really recommended Dostoevsky translations are by Svetlana Geier. Not into english though.