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Three English translations of the pillow book exist. Arthur Waley's rendering is meticulously researched, but its stodgily formal prose belies its source's profoundly personal, feminine essence. Conversely, Meredith McKinney's contemporary translation is nauseatingly familiar; some passages therein read as though indited by an especially obtuse teenager.

Ivan Morris' version is ideal: coolly, charmingly, often cattily phrased, never grandiloquent but omitting no rococo details, and tremendously evocative of Shonagon's personality.

Howbeit, if you know which Finnish firm was to publish it, you could always contact them to inquire...

Thanks for the information about the different versions. If I ever buy the book in English I'll be sure to try to get my hands on the one translated by Morris.

I don't really know how long the translation process has been going on for the Finnish version, but it certainly was advertised as a new release back in early 2018. No status updates have been made after that, so who knows what's going on with it.

Asus' laptops vary greatly in quality from one model to the next. If you've a backyard, maybe a repose there would help...

I hope there will be any fix for for that. Mine started to be erratic too, soon after it started having problems with charging, but I don't except longevity for 10 year old Apple machine.

Sorry to hear about your grandmother. It's a sad time.