Emily Wilson to retranslate the Odyssey from scratch

__warlord__

Is this what is called piggybacking?

TonyStr

I haven't had the pleasure of reading Wilson's translation yet, but it's good to see that she's trying to improve her work. One of the major criticisms leveled against her is the overuse of the word "slave", which is very loaded in today's vocabulary. There were many different types of unfree work, and attitudes toward them would be very different from today. Grouping them all into slaves would definitely remove a lot of nuance. Really nice to see that she is working on this problem; I think she will be respected a lot more if she solves it.

throwfaraway135

I see that translators need to take some liberties when translating something from ancient Greek to modern English, but at what point does it become an interpretation instead of a translation. Being Nolans "source" for the Odyssey which butchered the original story doesn't help either. What's funny you can't sell Feta or Parmesan if it's not within some strict limits but you can butcher one of the most important text for the Geeks (or even the Word) and still call it the Odyssey.

Argonaut998

Just a grift. Incredible timing. No different from a new Bible translation that comes out every year.

0xd00d00

In times like these I wish we had an objective AI translating these rather than ideologically possessed humans abusing other culture's history. If the last 10 or so years taught me anything is that humans are extremely unreliable and corruptible.

sorokod

Instant Classics podcast has an episode dedicated to an interview with Emily Wilson