What is the best translation of Discourses?

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For most readers, the Robin Hard translation (2014) of Discourses is the best place to start: Robin Hard's Oxford translation is the one I'd start with — and notably it's a complete modern English Discourses, with the Handbook and fragments included. Clear and faithful, with Christopher Gill's introduction. This is where I'd start. For most readable, consider Robert Dobbin (2008). For newest, consider Robin Waterfield (2022). For the free classic, consider George Long (1890).

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