/lit/ - Literature

Alternative translations (Dalton, Stalag, Murphy et al) are usually given because they are said to be more objective than the Mannheim translation. I own the Stalag edition and the problem is that it's poor. Poor in production quality, poor in word choice and poor in grammar. I can't speak for the others but I imagine it's the same. Mannheim is the only professionally produced edition of this work in English. Is his translation really so bad and does it really obfuscate the author's message so severely?