Talk:Stephen Mitchell (translator)

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Stephen Mitchell did not translate Epic of Gilgamesh. By his own admission, he's cobbled it together from existing translations, taking liberties with text where he saw fit (removing long, repetitive passages from some places, keeping them in others). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.236.30.20 (talk • contribs) 09:13, May 9, 2006

And at the front of the Bhagavad Gita he says something like 'I admit my knowledge of Sanskrit is rudimentary...' Njál 19:06, 17 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Languages that Stephen Mitchell has translated from: German, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Danish. Languages that he has not translated from, but rather put together interpretive versions from existing translations into Western languages: Chinese (Tao Te Ching), Sanskrit (Bhagavad Gita), Akkadian or ancient Babylonian (Gilgamesh). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephenmitchell (talk • contribs) 16:49, February 23, 2007

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Puff removed

i've removed most of this article which was publisher's puff and written by 'stephenmitchell' - presumably the author. Stephen - i'm assuming you're new to Wikipedia, so using the "don't bite the newbies policy": there is a strict 'neutral point of view' policy here and authors should refrain from promoting themselves... see Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons -- rgds, ben Gladstone 17:05, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

De-educated?

"Mitchell was educated at Amherst College, the University of Paris, and Yale University, and de-educated through intensive Zen practice." De-educated? CES (talk) 04:38, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Educated at" -- do we know if he graduated? if you're still around, Mr. Mitchell, can you chime in? Thanks. 71.193.205.212 (talk) 00:03, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

To Mr. Mitchell

I know you've edited this page and, personally, I adore your work. I often quote your translations of Rilke to people who don't speak German and I've given away copies of your translation of the Book of Job as presents. Yet it would be much better to cite the praise of actual published reviews. Wikipedia endeavors to be an encyclopedia, not a press release. And many editors here would be delighted if you used your expertise to improve our coverage of the subjects you work on. With respect, Durova^Charge! 22:20, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I wanted to post something about the obvious self-editing but you hit it all for me. I enjoyed his Gita translation and came here to learn more about him. Seeing his Wiki entry in such a state does him an injustice, especially when it is self-inflicted! alaroz33 (talk) 07:48, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Edit Request: Add most recently released book to bibliography

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A Mind at Home with Itself: How Asking Four Questions Can Free Your Mind, Open Your Heart, and Turn Your World Around, by Byron Katie with Stephen Mitchell, HarperOne 2017, ISBN 0062651609

Gmotyka (talk) 21:56, 3 October 2017 (UTC) Gmotyka[reply]

Where do you want this inserting? DrStrauss talk 14:10, 24 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]