TITLE: Most accurate translation of Euclid's Elements
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: 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.

REPLY [2 votes]: 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