Sorry, have not been here for awhile.Every other Monday night at 5 pm EDT but with breaks in January and August, a chat board and some text and videos in between meetings.

There are always different elements that a given translator has to choose from. One can't always do everything at once. One can rarely ever do everything at once. So, I am sure there are very good reasons to favor either one, except that the earlier one lacks the vital Nachlass portions!

Thank you for sharing. That the person said that his or her opinion was a "fact" that could be verified on the internet makes me wonder. Evaluations of different translations can rarely be based on facts. Another thing about the Pike-Wilkins translation: Pike was very focused on tempo and rhythm.

3. They normalize not only his morality but his syntax, making him more traditional than he was.
4. Perhaps this tendency to normalization is why they did not touch the Nachlass: its language is particularly open and experimental, & it contains some scenes of which they would've dissapproved.

I totally forgot mastadon. Sure there are some witty word choices in Kaiser-Wilkins--I've looked at passages of it that are excellent. But 1) they don't include the Nachlass pages (about 600 in the later edition) & 2) they tend to moralize Musil, making word choices that diminish his nuance.
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In English, Pike and Wilkins translation, but I think some people might read along auf Deutsch!

11 AM!? Lunchtime?

11 PM your time, I think? 5 pm EDT, every other Monday, with breaks for holidays, etc.

Grand! Sorry the time will be so late for you, but maybe that works best with your busy schedule!?

Oh, Suat! That would be wonderful, to get to hear your insights and spend time with you regularly!

Danke für die schöne Übersetzung!

Happy Bloomsday to you then! As you may know, I think the latter parts of Musil's book, the so-called Nachlass, the most wonderful of all (and so did he).

Danke! I did see it recently, finally! And enjoyed it quite a bit.