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By: Wolof

I'm finding his Nerval lacks magic.

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By: languagehat

What dd42 said. Seems like a great guy, but his Mandelstam doesn't do much for me.

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By: dd42

Kline's doing some yeoman work here. Both the quantity and the breadth of his translations are breathtaking, and he's remarkably generous to offer them all for free online in a variety of formats. That...

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By: Egg Shen

He gives good Akhmatova.

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By: Iteki

Aw, Virgil is no fun without the wondrous translation "hoary hairs", which kept our tiny latin class in fear of our lives, gravid as it was with spooneristic peril.

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By: Rustic Etruscan

I'm not even sure how to comment on such a trove. It's wonderful, of course. I just wish there were more originals parallel to the translations. I didn't buy a copy of Don Juan Tenorio before I left...

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A.S. Kline's Poetry in Translation

TransLAtions! Get your free lit-e-rary transLAtions here! Ya want Ovid? Ya got Ovid! Ya got all your classic French poets, your Germans, your Italians, your Russians! Ya got a verse rendering of...

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By: Iridic

I agree there are some misses here, but I can't but respect his ambition and generosity. (I'm afraid I can't recommend all his hosted translators either - particularly the fellow who's worked up the...

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By: ersatz

It's hard to translate from one language, let alone many, but I surely admire the scope of his work.

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