What is the best translation of Don Quixote?

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For most readers, the Edith Grossman translation (2003) of Don Quixote is the best place to start: Edith Grossman's 2003 translation is the modern standard, and the one I'd start with — supple, funny, alive English that carries Cervantes's comedy without feeling dated, with a good introduction by Harold Bloom. Some scholars give Lathrop the edge on literal accuracy, but for sheer pleasure on a first read, Grossman has the prose. This is where I'd start. For most readable, consider John Rutherford (2000). For most accurate, consider Tom Lathrop (2005). For the classic, consider Samuel Putnam (1949). For the free classic, consider John Ormsby (1885).

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