I've said this here before, but Ursula Le Guin's rendition is one of the best
Her success is extremely laudable for this reason.
Please try Red Pine- https://www.amazon.com/dp/1556592906
To see the difference, let's compare her translation of 4 and 9 (Here, we have Stephen Mitchell and Red Pine's translations) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38058843#38095107
4: Sourceless
The way is empty,
used, but not used up.
Deep, yes! ancestral
to the ten thousand things.
Blunting edge,
loosing bond,
dimming light,
the way is the dust of the way.
Quiet
yes, and likely to endure.
Whose child? Born
before the gods.
9: Being Quiet Brim-fill the bowl,
it'll spill over.
Keep sharpening the blade,
you'll soon blunt it.
Nobody can protect
a house full of gold and jade.
Wealth, status, pride
are their own ruin.
To do good, work well, and lie low
is the way of the blessing.
For 4, some of the concepts don't even appear in the original (quiet?)For 9, it feels like there's a lot of overstepping and blank-filling.
The world is big enough for both.
The most important part of translating the Dao De Ching is to be as close as possible to understanding Daoism as one can.