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Originally Posted by frau kaleun
Are you familiar with Stephen Mitchell's English translations of Rilke? Those are the ones I have, and I love them. They include the original German texts but of course I'm nowhere near competent in German so I can't really compare one to the other. I've always wondered how good a job Mitchell did in capturing the essence of the originals.
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Is it an online edition, or a book?
If the latter, would you mind to post "Die Insel der Sirenen/The Island of Sirens", if it happens to be included? That's is one of my favourite Rilke poems, I always wondered if there is a good English translation of it.