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Title: Bad translation of great work
Review: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales are a wonderful collection of stories which I highly recommend. This translation, however, takes liberties. Nicholson embellishes Chaucer's work, which does not need such additions, and changes words to fit his sentiment rather than keeping with the meaning of Chaucer's original. Examples:Chaucer: Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote ...Nicholson: When April with his showers sweet with fruit ...Chaucer: To Caunterbury with full devout corage, ...Nicholson: To Canterbury, full of devout homage, ...Corage means heart or spirit, NOT homage.I recommend an interlinear translation, it keeps the translators honest, and allows you to see where they have deviated from the original.
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