Good translation of "The Art of War?"

[lowsweep]

I still have not read Sun Tzu's "The Art of War." Does anyone know of a good translation?
thanks,
adam

[Ky-Fi]

I like Thomas Cleary's version a lot, but to be honest that's the only one I've read.

[red_fists]

Lowsweep.

I use a Copy of a transaltion that got from Project Gutenberg.
Translation by Lionel Giles.

advantage of this version is that it is free and can be downloaded from a variety of servers.

Hope this helps.

P.S.: Ask 10 people about a good translation and you will get 10 different translations and about 40 Opinions.

[TaoBoy]

The Thomas Cleary transalation is very good. It also includes commentary from other military masters from the past.

[Robbie]

I like the one by Samuel B. Griffith printed by the Oxford Univerity Press, but that is also the only one I've read.

[Repulsive Monkey]

Have to be honest but The Thomas Cleary version is considerably superior to most others. I would also strongly reccommend that you read his excellent translation of "Sun Tzu 2, The Lost Art of War" by Sun Tzu's younger successor Sun Bin. It has a rather interesting background to this characters life, and highlights the greater intervention of Taoist thought into his thinking.