<P> Philosopher Walter Kaufmann was also known for an English translation of Faust, presenting Part One in its entirety, with selections from Part Two, and omitted scenes extensively summarized . Kaufmann's version preserves Goethe's metres and rhyme schemes, but objected to translating all of Part Two into English, believing that "To let Goethe speak English is one thing; to transpose into English his attempt to imitate Greek poetry in German is another ." </P> <P> In August 1950, Boris Pasternak's Russian language translation of the first part led him to be attacked in the Soviet literary journal Novy Mir . The attack read in part, </P> <P>... the translator clearly distorts Goethe's ideas...in order to defend the reactionary theory of' pure art'...he introduces an aesthetic and individualist flavor into the text...attributes a reactionary idea to Goethe...distorts the social and philosophical meaning...</P> <P> In response, Pasternak wrote to the exiled daughter of Marina Tsvetaeva, </P>

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