The Italians say, "Il traduttore e traditore" - "The translator is a traitor."
People are unutterably shocked when I point out that America's favorite translation of the Bible (still the KJV), at least in the Hebrew sections, is a FIFTH ORDER translation. (Hebrew to Aramaic to Greek to Latin to French to English - and archaic English, at that.) It's nothing short of blasphemy when I point out that Paul INVENTED the Immaculate Conception, a century after Jesus was born, to explain a MISTRANSLATION.
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People are unutterably shocked when I point out that America's favorite translation of the Bible (still the KJV), at least in the Hebrew sections, is a FIFTH ORDER translation. (Hebrew to Aramaic to Greek to Latin to French to English - and archaic English, at that.) It's nothing short of blasphemy when I point out that Paul INVENTED the Immaculate Conception, a century after Jesus was born, to explain a MISTRANSLATION.