Best English Translations Of Dante. In surrendering to the letter and spirit of dante s tuscan he loses the quirks and perks of his mother tongue. A number of them have also been written in languages other than english.
For example he translates dante s beautifully compact paradiso 2 7. Longfellow s english indeed comes across as italianate. Longfellow s english indeed comes across as italianate.
The divine comedy by dante aligheri was translated into latin french spanish and other european languages well before it was first translated into english.
I also took it in a class with an english prof and a history prof who have been best friends for forty years which was freaking cool. With an equally concise and evocative. With an equally concise and evocative. For example he translates dante s beautifully compact paradiso 2 7.