Anent VN's "Eugene Onegin":

"[Nabokov's] own translation is unlike the others, being a literal version,
its deadly accuracy being vitiated by quirky English prose with a vague
iambic plod. On the other hand, this definitive version is so dependable for
pedantic accuracy that modern translators never make mistakes; the
accompanying commentary provides two volumes of succulent detail." Page 585,
A.D.P. Briggs in "The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation",
ed. Peter France, Oxford University Press 2000.
See also Index for the other thirteen citings of VN.

A. Bouazza.