The thing is that ALL of the translators are terribly irresponsible in some way or another. He's among the MOST responsible. *sigh*
I mean, don't even get me started about Burton or Galland or Mardrus or.... A lot of these dudes felt the 1001 Nights didn't have ENOUGH sex, so they added more. Or Burton thought there wasn't enough racism, so he added more of that. Or Galland thought that he could basically change so much in the stories that they're practically his own creation, a lot of them. Or Mardrus thought that he didn't really need to be fluent in Middle Arabic to translate out of it.
GYAH. Dealing with this was a BIG PAIN, let me tell you. It makes me wish I knew Middle Arabic myself so I could bypass the whole problem. Or perhaps speak a different language where there IS a good translation.....
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I mean, don't even get me started about Burton or Galland or Mardrus or.... A lot of these dudes felt the 1001 Nights didn't have ENOUGH sex, so they added more. Or Burton thought there wasn't enough racism, so he added more of that. Or Galland thought that he could basically change so much in the stories that they're practically his own creation, a lot of them. Or Mardrus thought that he didn't really need to be fluent in Middle Arabic to translate out of it.
GYAH. Dealing with this was a BIG PAIN, let me tell you. It makes me wish I knew Middle Arabic myself so I could bypass the whole problem. Or perhaps speak a different language where there IS a good translation.....