Prologue to Sirach on Translation
You are invited, therefore, to a reading with goodwill and attention, and to exercise forbearance in cases where we may be thought to be insipid with regard to some expressions that have been the object of great care in rendering; for what was originally expressed in Hebrew does not have the same force when it is in fact rendered in another language. And not only in this case, but also in the case of the Law itself and the Prophets and the rest of the books the difference is not small when these are expressed in their own language.
Prologue to Sirach
Prologue to Sirach
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Pietersma, A., & Wright, B. G. (2007). A New English Translation of the Septuagint. Oxford University Press.