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Ran Zilca asked this question about Tao Te Ching:
I'm familiar with Stephen Mitchell's translation and with Ursula Le Guin's. Seems clear from both translations that there is a significant difference... How does this translation compare? Curious about it if anyone has any input. Thanks!
Gary Jaron Leguin's is her own variant of the text based on her studying other translations and using her father's copy of Paul Carus version which has and Chine…mǰLeguin's is her own variant of the text based on her studying other translations and using her father's copy of Paul Carus version which has and Chinese to English glossary of all the words of the text. She intuits her own English version. Not exactly a translation. Mitchell also does not read Chinese but pulls off the same trick. His has a Western/Christian bias that creeps into his translation occasionally and thus I don't care for it.(less)
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Tao Te Ching
by Lao Tzu
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