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Note If you read it in English, get the John E. Woods translation not the old Lowe-Porter translation. The Lowe-Porter translation doesn't capture the dry humor of the original German version anywhere as much as it needs to in order for the comic aspects of the novel to levitate. Also... Mann is a stunning writer and the John E. Woods translation leverages ~70 years of engagement with the novel to do the artistry of his writing justice in English.
If you listen to the audiobook by David Rintoul it also uses the John E. Woods translation.