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Two Qualities of Style in Mr Gordon’s Tacitus Translation
A reader critiques Mr Gordon’s Tacitus translation for clumsy pomp and weak phrasing, arguing his renderings mix grand rhetoric with heavy language. The discussion centers on a passage about Augustus’s death and Germanic mutinies, contrasting the translator’s choices with the original and noting the impact on tone and clarity.
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