# Best English Translation of Cervantes' Don Quixote?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-english-translation-of-cervantes-don-quixote/199425>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 3, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-english-translation-of-cervantes-don-quixote/199425 "2003-09-03T23:17:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![nisosbar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@nisosbar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nisosbar)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-english-translation-of-cervantes-don-quixote/199425/1 "2003-09-03T23:17:44Z")

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Who has done the best, most readable, faithful translation?

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-english-translation-of-cervantes-don-quixote/199425/2 "2003-09-04T00:31:27Z")

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Here’s a good place to start:

[What is the best English translation of Don Quixote?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=167373)

I was a little disappointed that that thread saw so few participants – surely there must be more Dopers with strong opinions on the subject.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-english-translation-of-cervantes-don-quixote/199425/3 "2003-09-04T00:40:15Z")

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Here’s a good place to start:

[What is the best English translation of Don Quixote?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=167373)

I was a little disappointed that that thread saw so few participants – surely there must be more Dopers with strong opinions on the subject.