I just started this and I don’t know if my opinion is swayed by my blind admiration for all things Mayakovsky – but I am completely enthralled with the few new translations I’ve read so far. I’ve scoured used book stores all over looking for texts by/about him – so hearing this was in the works got me all giddy. Of course, any translations lose something – but I think poetry more so, and especially with writers like Mayakovsky who use words in a unique way. He is the sole reason I am inclined to learn Russian – so I can enjoy him unfiltered.