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Verne suffers from a lack of good translations in English. Most of them are abridgments of public domain Victorian translations. They get the science wrong, the
by officemonkey 15y ago
Verne suffers from a lack of good translations in English. Most of them are abridgments of public domain Victorian translations. They get the science wrong, they introduce British 19th-century racism, they rename characters for no reason (Axel -> Harry, Lidenbock -> Hardwigg), and they eliminate Captain Nemo's anti-British rant because after all, he's a wog.
That being said, no child's education is complete without "Around the World in 80 Days" and "Journey to the Interior of the Earth."
- simonw 15y agoI had no idea - that's fascinating. Do you know of any translations that don't have those problems?
- officemonkey 15y agoThere's a F.P. Walter translation of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" which is both modern and donated to Project Gutenberg. The North American Jules Verne Society has a list of works, a determination of which are the best translations, and links to Amazon here: http://www.najvs.org/works/index.shtml http://www.najvs.org/works/index.shtml