[OLD REGGIE]

I realize this is going to result in tons more Latin, however, I HATE THE LATIN. I find it arrogant, condescending, obscuring, obsfucating, haughty, cheeky and elitist. English has the largest vocabulary in all of history and plenty words to use to get the most complex or nuanced idea across.

Since there is no such thing as a native Latin speaking cadre in the Vatican all the "pure" Latin documents are necessarilly translations from some other language. This may account for so many "poor" translations over the years.

[maryz]

Since there is no such thing as a native Latin speaking cadre in the Vatican all the "pure" Latin documents are necessarilly translations from some other language.

Maybe you've never studied a language in depth, but my own experience, when I was taking Hebrew, is that I tried from the beginning to think in Hebrew when I wrote an essay -- obviously, with more and more success as the years of study piled up. IMO, you can always tell someone who's mentally translating from his own language.

This may account for so many "poor" translations over the years.

Maybe I missed something, but the only "'poor' translations" I've seen referenced here are translations from the Latin.

[Quix]

HMMMMM.

THX.