He uses reconstructed (medieval) Old Norse pronunciation, which does not sound like modern Icelandic (or any other modern language) because Old Norse and modern Icelandic are different languages.
Crawford isn't pronouncing anything incorrectly. Great translation-the pronunciation is correct!įirst thing's first: Mr. Other than that it is a great story and a respectable translation in many ways. Jackson should have considered hiring a native Icelander or a Norwegian with good english speaking skills to narrate the book in his place. An admirable effort on a hard language but does by no means pass the test. He tries his best and some credit is due for that, but to a native speaker this is almost inaudible, the only name that comes close to sounding correct is Óðinn, and perhaps a few shorter ones like Sif and Týr, everything else I can only partly understand due to years of reading and studying the stories in the past, I am able to put them in context. People have been praising the narrator pronunciation and knowlege of the language in the reviews. One thing struck me after the first few minutes of the audiobook that I feel needs to be put out there. I have not finished the book as I write the review. The general introduction and the introductions to the individual poems are clear and informative as they locate the works in a mythos that is unfamiliar to many.As a native Icelandic and a lover of the Old Norse stories and the Snorra-Edda (Poetic Edda), I was very interested in hearing a english translation of it. As a bonus, he translates one of the poems into ‘cowboy-style’ English. Jackson Crawford, who translated, introduces, and reads the text, also brings a knowledge of correct pronunciation, which will be unfamiliar to most. If all you know about the Norse gods comes from Marvel, it will be a revelation. “If you have an interest in classic Norse literature, this audiobook is required listening.
With their individual headnotes and complementary general introduction, they supply today’s readers with most of what they need to know in order to understand and appreciate the beliefs, motivations, and values of the Vikings.”-Dick Ringler, Professor Emeritus of English and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jackson Crawford’s modern versions of these poems are authoritative and fluent and often very gripping. These amazing texts from a thirteenth-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance, containing the lion’s share of information that survives today about the gods and heroes of pre-Christian Scandinavians, their unique vision of the beginning and end of the world, etc. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. “The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice.
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