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I see my work as translating meaning, not words. I found on the contrary what really worked better in English was to follow Hugo much more closely than anyone else seems to have done. So I've actually followed his syntax as closely as possible, I've followed the rhythm of his sentences and I've actually broken it up the way he has and stuck more closely to what he says. She worked on Les Miserables for three years. She has been awarded three international prizes for her translations.
I'm willing to take the leap of faith -- she is "fluent in French.
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I stopped reading works in translation in the early s, and didn't start up again until around The reason I stopped was that I concluded that I could not hear the author's voice in the translated work. The reason I started again was that Rose, Grossman, and some others showed that they understood this challenge, accepted it, and that it is possible to capture the author's voice in a translation, by actually listening to the author's intent.
According to one account, the Rose translation is almost , words longer than the Denny "translation" -- that's how much material he excised from the novel to "improve it. Might as well go with a shorter one. If you're looking to read the translation of Les Mis, that will make you feel like you are reading the original, hearing Victor Hugo's voice, then pick up Rose's translation. I am by no means a scholar. I cannot compare translations as this is the first book by Victor Hugo that I've read. After seeing the musical I decided to read the book.
I'm glad that I did it in this order. Having seen the musical I did not get lost in the book's twists and turns and I had patience when the story went off into different avenues. Likewise I could selectively read the sections on history. I have always been moved by the story's theme of morality based on law versus morality rooted in love.
This book is unquestionably worth reading!! The development of the characters and their struggles are so rich that I found myself crying during parts of the book. While the musical is a moving and touching story , it is nothing compared to the book itself. The best compliment I can give to a book is that touched my life and that its main characters shall live on within my heart. My life is richer for having read this book.
The many sections that I have highlighted I shall revisit over and over for years to come. So I measured my reading speed pages-per-minute and estimated the total reading time for the entire book to be 64 hours. So I took a different approach: I would read for an hour or two, then when fatigue started setting in, I pressed the "shift-sym" keyboard shortcut to activate text-to-speech, and just sat back or laid in bed while the kindle AI voice read it to me.
It was pleasant, almost hypnotizing. Text-to-Speech allowed me to focus on the incredible story and not hassle through the pronunciations. It's quite fascinating and adds much to the story. There are many nuanced scenes that I continually go back to in my head, like the back passages behind the court room for transporting lawyers, and the one for transporting the criminals. And the ideas of whether a person can ever redeem themselves in society, contrasted with the situation that society is often times a poor judge of how to redeem oneself, and whether they should be deserving of redemption.
It is an honest critique of criminal justice that is probably as relevant today as it was then. My understanding is that this "penguin classics" version has a better translation than the "free" version going around on the internet. For today's generation, the length of the story can be a bit jarring and leaves you wondering "will this story ever end? It's not a television show. It's not a movie. It's not a musical.
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So get the good version on Kindle, and have the AI voice continue the reading when fatigue starts to set in. Who is responsible for this gorgeous design?? I can't tell you how gorgeous this book is in person. My father has a great love for all things Les Mis and when he saw my copy he fell in love.
He begged me to give it to him but I love it to much! I just received a second copy that is his Christmas gift this year: Les Mis is beautiful book anyways, this cover gives it the artwork it deserves. I read the entire book with this copy. I loved the placement, feel, and look of every page. This is a truly stunning copy of this beautiful literary work.
Mass Market Paperback Verified Purchase. This is extremely abridged, and some of the most important parts have been omitted. I'll have to figure out how to make my first ever return to Amazon.
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