Re: NATLANG/TRANS/ETC: The Daode Jing (Tao Te Ching) of Laozi (Lao Tzu)

Douglas Koller, Latin & French scripsit:

> I quite agree. I don't think it resonates on a literal translation
> level, a slightly-more-liberal-but-more-artistically-friendly-English
> translation level, or any combination thereof. And it certainly
> doesn't capture the zing of the original. What the hell is
> 'deem-acting"?
So far my favorites are Le Guin, Feng & English, and Binner; the latter two
tend to swap places, but the Le Guin version has my heart.

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