There are three public-domain translations, two out-of-print translations, and six modern translations available. 1887 – Fredrick Whishaw 1913 – Constance Garnett 1915 – Eva Martin 1955 – David Magarshack 1965 – John W. Strahan 1980 – Henry Carlisle and Olga Andreyeva Carlisle (Signet) 1992 – Alan Myers (Oxford) 2002 – Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky … Continue reading What’s the best translation of The Idiot?