tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607719101484462692.post1874528385694897932..comments2024-01-23T12:27:05.258+00:00Comments on The Stone and the Star: National Poetry Day: Osip Mandelstam's 'The Twilight of Freedom' Clarissa Aykroydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08571136118573329263noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607719101484462692.post-48805510368168962752017-10-01T02:25:10.853+01:002017-10-01T02:25:10.853+01:00Thank you! My feeling is that there's actually...Thank you! My feeling is that there's actually a fair amount of Mandelstam translation, but I have a bit more anxiety about reading them than I generally do with poetry translations. As poetry translation is such a niche area and not lucrative, I tend to trust that translations are going to be fairly faithful, but then I hear that Mandelstam is considered very hard to translate, and I don't know which translations or translators are supposed to be the best. I think the translations published by NYRB Books are supposed to be good, though. I also have certain thoughts/feelings about current trends in poetry translation which worry me, and which I might share at some point. Clarissa Aykroydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08571136118573329263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-607719101484462692.post-71470477542826165562017-10-01T02:20:40.601+01:002017-10-01T02:20:40.601+01:00Lovely poem that is very much appreciated -- I wis...Lovely poem that is very much appreciated -- I wish it were easier to find more Mandelstam translated into English. Connie R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00887098543181126157noreply@blogger.com