Translating Music: Sylph Editions

The first volume in the series is by one of the most renowned contemporary translators into English. He discusses his recent experience of translating Tolstoy’sWar and Peace, and offers alongside his illuminating essay a wonderful rendition of Pushkin’s long poemThe Tale of the Preacher and His Man Bumpkin. The poem is printed in Russian and English and is accompanied by drawings by Pushkin himself.