&gt; part of me feels like I&#x27;m missing out by reading a translation<p>In general I often feel the same, but in this particular instance it might make you feel better to know that William Weaver&#x27;s translations are widely lauded.<p>Eco famously said Weaver&#x27;s translation of The Name of the Rose was &quot;much better than the original&quot;. :) And I&#x27;ve always found it pleasing to wonder if that might not even be true. One thinks of a translation as being necessarily inferior to an original, but depending on the two writers involved, there&#x27;s no ab initia reason why it might not be better (for some given definition of &quot;better&quot;, anyway - clearer, more accessible, more profound, etc).