{"product_id":"kalevala-bilingual-edition","title":"Kalevala, bilingual edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a side-by-side translation of the Kalevala into English using Project Gutenberg texts. Any revenues made are given to Project Gutenburg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book was originally assembled by Dustin (myself) for his mom Laila Rahnasto as a Christmas present in 2010. Here I have assembled a side-by-side English and Finnish version of The Kalevala, the national epic of Finland. There are a few English translations of the Kalevala, but I decided to use W.F. KirbyÕs, as it is the most literal. It is accepted in translation that there is a tension between literal translation and poetic beauty; it is hard to do both simultaneously. I have used W.F. KirbyÕs as I wanted the lines in each part of the poem to roughly line up. Some sections are off by 1 or 2 lines. The notes at the end refer to lines in the poem by number, but I found it too difficult to include them. It turned out to be harder than it was worth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44261319213217,"sku":"9781105339004","price":58.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/19q8655n-front-shortedge-384_ac658020-1132-492c-adf5-3a83fcb17189.jpg?v=1714495318","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/kalevala-bilingual-edition","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}