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"Every translation is different," says classicist Robert Fagles. "It has to do with the tone of voice of the translator. Each has a distinctive badge, each comes with its own vocal DNA," he says. "I very much hope my translation sounds like me.
Robert fagles biography
I wanted it to be in my voice, for better or worse."
Fagles's translations are known for their emphasis on contemporary English phrasing while being faithful to the original. His translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey were both bestsellers.
Now, he has tackled the Roman epic, Virgil's Aeneid; his translation of Virgil has just been published.
Fagles found the success of these works unexpected. "I was very surprised," he said in a recent New York Times interview.
"Because I'm an academic, a lot of hand wringing goes on in the academy about the illiteracy of the public. The great job of this work was to discover that there is in fact a great number of very intelligent, hardworking readers out there."
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