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Title: translations don't capture RIlke's language
Review: When I read the glowing descriptions of Mitchell's translations in the first few reviews on this site, I expected translations that captured the meaning and pace of the poems AND Rilke's actual meanings. These translations definitely don't do the latter, and often don't do the former either. I majored in German in college so I'm somewhat familiar with the language, but wanted the English translations as aids where I didn't know the vocabulary; however, these translations are just irritating.
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