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That's why I said "apples and oranges". A PD translation is an imperfect substitution for a contemporary translation, but it's not irrelevant. It's still an option for reading the original text (obviously also PD) in translation and translations always have issues.
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Sometimes there isn't a PD translation.
My point was simply a new Translation is never PD, no matter what else exists.
So anyone purchasing a new translation isn't purchasing a PD ebook. Or a translation in last 50 to 70 years etc.
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Have you ever purchased a public-domain eBook?
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Also an edition with newer illustrations is also not a PD ebook, even though the source text is.