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"This is a fine translation, but not my favourite. Mandelbaum is also accurate (often tighter to the original) and more of a poet. For instance,Book V line 16: "Obliquatque sinus in ventum ac talia fatur" -- Fitzgerald: "He trimmed his fluttering canvas/More to catch the wind and said:"This is not very close! Mandelbaum: "He trims the sails/To slant across the wind; his words are these:" This is mu ..."
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which was written on May 18, 2013
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