From what I've seen of the new Mass translations, there are bits that are good (though in a different style; I'm not surprised people find it jarring), and bits that sound like the sort of Latin translation exercise where it's more important to make it obvious you understood the Latin construction than to produce anything that sounds like English.
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Date: 2013-04-01 11:37 am (UTC)From what I've seen of the new Mass translations, there are bits that are good (though in a different style; I'm not surprised people find it jarring), and bits that sound like the sort of Latin translation exercise where it's more important to make it obvious you understood the Latin construction than to produce anything that sounds like English.