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soliciting help
Nov. 4th, 2009 08:18 pm(I will start making eeping noises about yuletide signups once I've had the chance to do some notebooking and figure out what on earth I'm going to offer and request this year. November already! It snuck up on me this year.)
For anyone who speaks German - or for anyone who's a Hoffmann nerd - is there a standard English translation of "Nussknacker und Mausekonig"? One that's trustworthy? I'm making plans to take the Baby to the University ballet next month, and I wanted to beef up on the Hoffmann story. Besides which, I remember liking it a great deal as a kid, and it would be fun to read again. But from my fiddling around on the net, it looks like there's a bunch of "based on"s and not very many faithful translations. And I don't want a kiddie version!
For anyone who speaks German - or for anyone who's a Hoffmann nerd - is there a standard English translation of "Nussknacker und Mausekonig"? One that's trustworthy? I'm making plans to take the Baby to the University ballet next month, and I wanted to beef up on the Hoffmann story. Besides which, I remember liking it a great deal as a kid, and it would be fun to read again. But from my fiddling around on the net, it looks like there's a bunch of "based on"s and not very many faithful translations. And I don't want a kiddie version!