Best translation of Simplicius Simplicissimus?

[vtsaogames]

I'm thinking of purchasing a copy of that 30 Years War tale for my Kindle. Anyone have a favorite translation (annotated or not) to suggest?
Thanks in advance.

[Mad Doc Morris]

Really depends on what qualities you regard as 'best'. For cosy reading on a Kindle, the Penguin edition by J. A. Underwood should be just fine. As is often the case, some parts of the original are missing. But at least there's an introduction and a few notes on the original text. Freely availabe (via Google Books) is Monte Adair's translation, originally from 1986 and advertised as 'unabridged'. Seems alright.

Proper scholarship would require a lot more footnotes, of course. Worth mentioning perhaps that hardly any native speaker today can read the 'German' original without difficulty. After all, it’s quite … dated. Literal translations thus run against readability. Probably not what you're after?

[bluechi]

The Penguin Classic version should be one of the best. Hope the word Courasche translated right

The diary of Peter Hagendorf complete the TYW brutality.

and yes, its hard to read and understand right the original german Version.

Modern Version would be Berthold Brecht "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder"