Most accurate translation of Euclid's Elements

Question

Which is the most accurate translation of the Elements by Euclid? I have found manybtranslations but there seem to be some differences in each version. I would like to know which is the closest to the original.

Answer 1

Regarding English, I think that Heath's edition :

Thomas Heath, The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements (1908 - Dover reprint)

in three volumes, with huge apparatus of notes and comemnts, it is still "the best one".

Answer 2

I think that only Sir Thomas Heath's translation :

"The Thirteen Books of The Elements: Volume 1: Books 1 and 2

Paperback: 443 pages

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.; 2nd edition edition (2 Jan 2000)

ISBN-10: 0486600882 ISBN-13: 978-0486600888 "

really amounts to something, but to say it is accurate, you may say it contains to much comment to be accurate. (Be prepared for 1 page translation followed by many pages comment per proposition)

Ps the ISBN is only of volume 1, There is also a volume 2 and 3