Best English translation of Eugene Onegin?

[Inna Caron]

The newest one is that of Doug Hofstadter (the author of Mind's I,
Goedel, Escher, Bach, etc.) It is quite interesting, especially in his
view of Eugene Onegin as "the novel of digressions," and there is a cute
little story how he finished the translation sitting at Pushkin's desk
in Petersburg apartment-museum.

I have compared the two, and I am still opting for using Falen's in my
classes. However, I usually recite a stanza or two in the original
Russian, to let the students appreciate the musicality of Pushkin's
language and the composition of the Onegin stanza.

Inna Caron, OSU

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Subject: [SEELANGS] Best English translation of Eugene Onegin?

Dear Slavic Literature specialists:  
Could I please have your recommendations for the best current English
translation of Eugene Onegin?  I will be leading a small group of
English-only workplace colleagues who are interested in reading EO. They
are very discriminating readers of poetry in English and in translation.
I had figured we'd use the Nabokov translation for background and
explication of all references, but wanted to suggest to them as our
primary version a  good translation that conveys as much as possible of
the poetry. Years ago, I was impressed with the Arndt translation, but
is there a newer one you'd recommend, perhaps the James Falen one?
Thanks.

Linda Scatton
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