VIRGIL: Re: Translations in English

1998-10-16 Thread The Oracle
A recent and very good prose translation is by David West (Penguin, once again). Yes I liked the West translation, its very straightforward and accesible, but frankly there are some mis-translations in it that are unbelievable. Especially of individual words where the word chosen seems to

Re: VIRGIL: Re: Translations in English

1998-10-16 Thread Yvan Nadeau
The message below was posted by a body that calls itself The Oracle. Could we have a sample of the mistranslations, please. As someone who was taught a bit of Latin by David West, I would be absolutely fascinated, and the Mantovanists would be shown justification for the Oracle's statement.