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For the record, I do think translators should have copyright protection and I've never actually said otherwise (some sloppiness in previous quoting notwithstanding). Because something has the appearance of "oddness" to me does not necessarily mean that I disagree with it.
Having said that, I don't happen to believe translations should have copyright entitlements identical to the original work. It's actually only a pretty fresh opinion for me as it's been something I've been thinking about specifically in the last couple of months while sourcing some translations of old public domain works. So I can't guarantee this opinion will stay, but it's where I'm at for the moment.
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