>A number of translators have commented on the poor quality of Hitler's use of language in writing Mein Kampf. Olivier Mannoni, who translated the 2021 French critical edition, said about the original German text that it was "an incoherent soup, one could become half-mad translating it", and that previous translations had corrected the language, giving the false impression that Hitler was a "cultured man" with "coherent and grammatically correct reasoning". He added "To me, making this text elegant is a crime."[7] Mannoni's comments are similar to those made by Ralph Manheim, who produced a translation for Houghton Mifflin in 1943. Manheim wrote in the foreword to that edition, "Where Hitler's formulations challenge the reader's credulity I have quoted the German original in the notes." This evaluation of the poor quality of Hitler's prose and his inability to express his opinions coherently was shared by William S. Schlamm, who reviewed Manheim's translation in The New York Times, writing that "there was not the faintest similarity to a thought and barely a trace of language."[42]What are some examples of his bad prose?
>>25461027these are the same spastics who believe in human lampshades and masterbation machines, so... I wouldn't trust any of these translations
>>25461027Why would you use 6 million words when 271,000 would be enough?
>>25461027Hitler didn’t write ithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Stempfle
>>25461027It's called stream of consciousnessIt's a valid literary technique
>>25461027Read Ford's translation
>>25461110>"Where Hitler's formulations challenge the reader's credulity I have quoted the German original in the notes."
Very interesting, now let's see how they do in a trench
>>25461027there is nothing bad about it. It's a common leftoid thing to pretend that it's hard or boring to read so you won't read it yourself. This Mannoni guy is the most extreme to date however. He did a whole new translation of the book with intentionally bad prose to 'prove' how bad (literary and of course morally) it is. The critical edition is called "Historiciser le mal, une édition critique de Mein Kampf" to give the intention right away
>>25461027I didn't enjoy Mein Kampf that much. Goebbels who had a doctorate in literature didn't like Hitler's writing style either. He was a much better speech writer than book writer. However his book was still good enough and no where near incoherent.
