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Re:The Invincible – 1964 novel by bsmitty5000 on Friday August 16, 2019 @11:39AM (#20716245)
Can anyone speak to the different translations? My local library doesn't have this book and the cheapest Amazon version is the 1973 translation of the German translation of the Polish original. But I wonder if it's worth getting the direct Polish translation from 2006.
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Re:The Invincible – 1964 novel by pwdisswordfish2 on Friday August 16, 2019 @12:38PM (#20716922)
If you can get your hands on a translation by Michael Kandel, you should read that. He translated directly from Polish, sometimes even spoke directly with Lem regarding his translation, and I'm told he did a pretty good job with Lem's books.
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Re:The Invincible – 1964 novel by DonHopkins on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:12PM (#20717882)
Agreed! Michael Kandel is an astoundingly great translator. He translated Cyberiad, including these poems by the electronic bard:

http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/lem/WonderfulPoems.html

http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/lem/HorriblePoems.html

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