a banquet of translations
583596
I adore Rumi. I appreciate the work of Kabir Helminski. After reading a few poems, I get a sense of the voice of each translator, so that after reading the first 2 lines of any of these, I know who translated it. Some of these short verses are so ecstatic that they take my breath away and I have to put the book down and just let it in. This little book goes a long way. Ann C.
900088
One of the better translations of a seminal work in bushido.
2062436
I like being able to compare all these translations at the same time. Plus the TNIV is out of print and really hard to find these days.
3394493
Love this translation! Great for reading something new and getting new insight!
1216663
A nice collection of stories, each pages side-by-side in English and Spanish, so the reader can compare the translations line by line. Also has reading comprehension exercises for each story in the back of the book, which could be used in the classroom.
2942212
Historically, Arseny Tarkovsky's poems have had limited exposure in the English language.  Though widely known and highly regarded as a great poet in Russia and the former Soviet Union, he is less well-known in the West.  His work, nostalgic, spiritual, emotional, and deeply moving, arguably deserves greater exposure in the English-speaking world.  This new anthology of selected poems, translated by Philip Metres and Dimitri Psurtsev, not only fills that need but surpasses it with this fantastic and accessible bilingual volume of Tarkovsky's poetry.  The translations, which capture the feeling, essence, rhythm, and depth of Tarkovsky's words as best English can, are superb and it is a great treat to see them side-by-side with the original Russian-language texts.  The collection is complemented by an excellent afterward by Metres on translating.  Overall, it is truly a work jam-packed with so many beautiful words and so much excellent material that it astounds one to think that it is only just over 200 pages long!  It is certainly a must-have addition to the library of any serious Slavicist or scholar of Russian poetry.
221082
This recent translation of Sonnets to Orpheus is absolutely dazzling; having read many previous translations of this masterwork, I can say that Ms. Billias' approach to this material summons these poems to life on the page in a way that I had not previously experienced. I can only hope she has decided to turn her attention to a translation of Rilke's Duino Elegies.
4644328
Excellent selection of stories! Substantial volume of 450 pages! Precise and literal translations!

Obviously this bilingual anthology will be of greatest interest to persons who lack confidence in their ability to read German fluently. However, German speakers with the same sense of shortcoming in English could make use of it just as well. Most of the prose is too advanced for beginner/intermediate language students. For the more advanced learner, what I'd recommend is to read the whole story in your first language, and then to read it in the other language with as much inductive behavior and as little hopping to the other page as possible.

But the stories in themselves are the reward. Even if you can't read a word of German, this selection is a fine introduction to "Deutsche Erzhlungen" - German stories and novellas. Most American readers have heard of Goethe, and perhaps have read Mann or Kafka in translation, but the names Kleist and Stifter are effectively unknown to "us." Kleist's story "Das Erdbeben in Chile-An Earthquake in Chile" would be my choice to read first; it's compelling, the language is not too high-faluting, it will propel you into reading more of Kleist in whatever language.
2754028
I am delighted as the editor to make the first volume of Sir Ernest Satow's Japan correspondence (1895-1900) available as part of a project to introduce more of the Satow Papers held in the National Archives of the United Kingdom at Kew, London (ref. PRO 30/33 1-23) to scholars and make them accessible to the general reading public.

Most of the letters in this book are addressed to Satow rather than from him, though he sometimes summarises his answer on the letters themselves. They paint an intriguing and unusual picture in English of the concerns and daily work (staffing problems, trade returns, jurisdiction issues etc.) of British consuls in Japan just before the end the 19th century.

This volume includes letters to Satow from the Foreign Office, the Tokyo Legation, and the consulates in Kobe, Nagasaki and Hakodate. The next volume(s) when published will include letters from the Yokohama consulate and other correspondence related to the British Court in Japan, letters from the Japanese Foreign Office, fellow envoys, foreign residents etc.

Ian Ruxton, editor of&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Sir-Ernest-Satow-s-Private-Letters-to-W-G-Aston-and-F-V-Dickins-The-Correspondence-of-a-Pioneer-Japanologist-from-1870-to-1918/dp/1435710002/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Sir Ernest Satow's Private Letters to W.G. Aston and F.V. Dickins: The Correspondence of a Pioneer Japanologist from 1870 to 1918</a>,<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Diaries-of-Sir-Ernest-Satow-British-Envoy-in-Peking-1900-06-Vol-1/dp/141168804X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, British Envoy in Peking (1900-06), Vol. 1</a>,<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Semi-Official-Letters-of-British-Envoy-Sir-Ernest-Satow-from-Japan-and-China-1895-1906/dp/1430315024/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Semi-Official Letters of British Envoy Sir Ernest Satow from Japan and China (1895-1906)</a>&nbsp;etc. (For a full list click on my name under the book title at the top of this web page.)
4429854
When people look for a "bilingual" edition of poetry, and not an English-only translation version, they mostly intend to appreciate the "original" poems through studying them with the "help" of the translated texts provided in the facing pages.  Then the translation here should serve as a kind of "guide", just giving the readers ideas of which words are there in the original poem and what the poet wrote "literally", rather than dare to replace the original poem by giving interpretational, personally-engaging, and "show-off"y rewriting of the poem in English.  Many of the translations by very-well-known contemporary poets in this edition practically mar this important technical process that the readers try to adopt in order to "appreciate" the original poem in the original language & sound.
1154509
A very beautiful translation, very enjoyable to read. Prefaced by a lot of background information to put it in context.
4769039
Author provides several ways to access the text and meaning - from vanilla translation to detailed discourse.
757494
This compendium represents a comprehensive collection of culinary terms encompassing every imaginary expression related to the preparation of food, ingredients, and equipment.

I find this dictionary extremely helpful for translating my collection of spanish recipes, and Im planning take it along for future culinary excursions abroad. In professional settings, this dictionary will undoubtedly serve as a great asset for improving communication among multi-national staff members, and enhance the communication with guests.

Im hoping the author has further plans to expand this very helpful dictionary into additional languages.
4155073
Whatever the poems are in their original language, they are beautiful in this translation.
4504212
Yen Press has been hit and miss over the years, their translations ranging in quality from amazing to Google Translate-tier.  I'm happy to say Overlord's translation was very readable with only a few questionable translation choices and deviations from the source material (maybe four or five instances in total across the entire book).
1914658
No translator knows Ilf and Petrov like Anne Fisher. And it is a joy to announce that her translation of the first Ostap Bender tale is now in print, completing the set (Russian Life Books published her prize-winning translation of&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Little-Golden-Calf/dp/1880100614/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Little Golden Calf</a>&nbsp;in 2009).

The "smooth operator" is here in full measure, this time with his sidekick Ippolit Vorobyaninov, as the pair haplessly search the Russian provinces for a set of chairs, inside one of which is believed to be a priceless treasure in jewels. The Twelve Chairs is a ruthless skewering of Soviet and Russian culture and society that is as relevant (and funny) today as when it was published in 1928. And of course Fisher's translation is brilliant and fresh, brimming with invaluable footnotes to provide context and meaning to the text.

As reviewed in&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Russian-Life/dp/B00008CQIB/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Russian Life</a>.
552495
Interesting translation in good used condition.