Title: An uninspiring translation
Product review: I wanted to be transported to ancient Finland, with a beautiful and dignified rendering of the Kalevala. Instead, this version is full of modern, slangy English idioms, like "You've got it made."And the repeated use of the word "wench" instead of a more poetic rendering, for instance "girl" "maiden" "serving maid" or "handmaiden" or even just plain "woman" or "young woman" would have been far better. I'll be selling this copy and buying one of the older translations of the Kalevala.Don't bother with this one unless you want a very modern read---and I don't mean that in a good way---with all the magic sucked out of it due to an uninspired translation.Thoroughly lacking.
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