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Originally Posted by HarryT
They really aren't good translations, as I mentioned above. The modern ones are far better.
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I totally admit I have no experience in that regard, so cannot say how right or wrong you are.
However, just purely based on logic, I would have to say that someone living closer to the time period in question, might be a better placed translator. Any current translator is well removed in time from that period.
And of course the quality of translators varies for all sorts of reasons, and a tough call in my view to make a generic statement in that regard.
The classics I have read are all over the shop, but having done no comparisons myself, I freely admit to being no expert, so you could well be right.