The Art of War

This translation, by John Minford varies a fair amount from the translation of Thomas Cleary, a copy of which I also own.
Where Minford gets by on fewer words, they are often better selected, and require less embellishment. The presentation also differs, where Minford writes in lists in a bulletpoint style (although without the actual bulletpoints), Cleary writes sentenced lists.

For example -
P2, Minford:
Command is Wisdom, Integrity, Compassion, Courage, Severity.

P4, Cleary:
Leadership is a matter of intelligence, trustworthiness, humaneness, integrity and sternness. The Way of the ancient kings was to consider humaneness foremost, while the martial artists considered intelligence foremost. This is because intelligence involves ability to plan and to now when to change effectively. Trustworthiness means to make people sure of punishment or reward. Humaneness means love and compassion for people, being aware of their toils. Courage means to seize opportunities to make certain of victory, without vacillation. Sternness means to establish discipline in the ranks by strict punishments.

Both area valid, and are actually interesting to read side by side. If anything they increase the understanding.

Great book. Still a high four star rating.