As an example , he claims that the more idiomatic translations miss Bulgakov 's `` crucial '' reference to the devil in Berlioz 's thought : Several literary critics have hailed the Burgin/Tiernan O'Connor translation as the most accurate and complete English translation , particularly when read in tandem with the matching annotations by Bulgakov 's biographer , Ellendea Proffer .
As an example , Glenny 's translations leaves out Bulgakov 's `` crucial '' reference to the devil in Berlioz 's thought : Several literary critics have hailed the Burgin/Tiernan O'Connor translation as the most accurate and complete English translation . There are matching annotations by Bulgakov 's biographer , Ellendea Proffer .