Reddit reviews Tao Te Ching: The New Translation from Tao Te Ching, The Definitive Edition (Tarcher Cornerstone Editions)

This one is my favorite (by Johnathan Star):

http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Ching-Definitive-Lao-Tzu/dp/158542269X

This is not a pocket edition, and in fact is quite large, because it has a verbatim translation in the back as well as a fairly sizable introduction, which explains some of the difficulties when translating such a text. The gist of his style is to leave the mystery in the words. So he tries to leave the same level of ambiguity from the original Chinese in the translation of each passage.
For a smaller version by Johnathan Star:

http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Ching-Translation-Definitive-Cornerstone/dp/1585426180

Although this one is pretty much just the text.

Hey, thanks again for posting all this. I've been doing a lot of research over the last couple days, and I'm finding Buddhism to be amazingly insightful. I like that being undogmatic is at the core. That's something I strive for myself. I recommend the following, if you want to read the Tao Te Ching: http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Ching-Translation-Definitive-Cornerstone/dp/1585426180/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334240830&sr=1-2

It's my favorite translation. Thanks again and have a great day :)

I'm reading this book called A Million Little Pieces about this guy who was severely addicted to just about everything. A really interesting book. Anyway he was too intelligent to give into AA's god stuff and by accident picked up a copy of Tao Te Ching. You know, it's all transcendental and stuff (I think). Though he got in some trouble after Oprah recommended him and later found out that a significant amount of the story is fiction. Wupps! I'm not an addict or anything but your question made me think of James Frey's book.

Is this the new Tao book?
https://www.amazon.ca/Tao-Te-Ching-Translation-Definitive/dp/1585426180/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Tao+Te+Ching&qid=1573011775&refinements=p_85%3A5690392011&rnid=5690384011&rps=1&sr=8-1

Yi-Ping Ong's translation was my first read of the Tao Te Cheng. As I've read more various translations, this one I still consider the most "authentic" reading in English of the original:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tao-te-ching-lao-tzu/1100013724?ean=9781593082567


On the other hand, my personal favorite and simplest translation (the one I share if people ask me about taoism) is Jonathan Star's translation. Very different than Yi-Ping's but conveys the messages in 'layman's terms'. I do not think it is 1:1 though:
https://www.amazon.com/Tao-Ching-Translation-Definitive-Cornerstone/dp/1585426180/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494859323&sr=8-1&keywords=Tao+Te+Ching%3A+The+New+Translation+from+Tao+Te+Ching