Post #1902361
2026-03-11 07:07 UTC
@maco @VileLasagna @Gargron oh, I would have assumed the Dorothy L Sayers translation. Good lord, are there two rhyming translations into English?
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@rogerb@mastodon.scot 2026-03-11 12:25
@kludgekml @maco @VileLasagna @Gargron I think are quite a few such translations ( even Clive James had a go ! ), but afaik none that attempt to replicate the same rhyming scheme Dante used - which may well be impossible in English.
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@darkling@mstdn.social 2026-03-11 23:31
@kludgekml @maco @VileLasagna @Gargron I've got one by the Rev Francis Carey, which (I think) attempts to follow the rhyming. It's been a while since I tried reading that one, though. (I primarily bought the volume because it's got loads of full-page plates of Doré illustrations).