The anachronisms are all in the other direction. In fact, Proust’s French is often more modern then Scott Moncrieff’s English. On the other hand, the Scott Moncrieff translation may appeal to you because it’s contemporary with the original. And I think you will like Davis’s sensibility: she is no vulgar updater. It sticks very close to the French, which I think you will like. Which translation should be trusted when it comes time to read the mammoth? -Manuel Garciaįor Swann’s Way, you can’t really go wrong. Should it be the original English translation by Moncrieff? Or the revision of Moncrieff by Kilmartin? Or the revision of the revision by Enright? Or the new translation that begins with Davis and continuous with six different translators? I prefer a translation that is as close to the original as possible, without the translator attempting to “update” the language for modern readers, without inserting words that the writer would have never originally used. I am preparing to tackle Marcel Proust’s mammoth, his tomb of involuntary memories and I cannot decide on a translation.
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