Translating “Candide” is the biggest project currently being undertaken on The Alexicon. Not only am I creating a lightly-annotated translation (a fully published version would contain heavier commentary, of course), but I am creating supplemental resources to ensure readers understand not just the literature, but its exigence and cultural significance. Anything “Candide”-related can be easily accessed from here.
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Candide (English Translation): Chapter 3
Chapter 3: How Candide escaped the Bulgares, and what became of him. Nothing could be so beautiful, so brilliant, so well-ordained as the sight of the two armies. The trumpets, the fifes, the oboes, the drums, the cannons; they all formed a harmony such as the battlefield had never seen before. The cannons overturned nearly…
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Candide (English Translation): Chapter 2
Chapter 2: Who Candide became among the Bulgares Candide, hunting for terrestrial paradise, wandered endlessly, crying, looking to the sky, and often back in the direction of the beautiful house which held his beautiful Cunegonde; he went to sleep without dinner through a multitude of forests, crossing the furrows into unknown territory. Snow fell in…
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Candide (English Translation): Chapter 1
A Note from the Translator: I’ve been working on this project as a hobby for quite a while, but the thought to publish it had not occurred to me until very recently. This translation is intended for readers who are already at least somewhat familiar with the circumstances surrounding Candide’s conception. Therefore, footnotes have been…
