Dialogue

 1 Charm|            mostly followed in this Translation of Plato is the latest 8vo.
 2 Charm|           about half of the entire Translation; the Rev. Professor Campbell,
 3 Charm|      Steinhart and Muller’s German Translation of Plato with Introductions;
 4 Charm|            Mr. Poste’s edition and translation of the ‘Philebus;’ the Translation
 5 Charm| translation of the ‘Philebus;’ the Translation of the ‘Republic,’ by Messrs.
 6 Charm|        Davies and Vaughan, and the Translation of the ‘Gorgias,’ by Mr.
 7 Charm|            the greater part of the translation. I was also indebted to
 8 Charm|           has made him feel that a translation, like a picture, is dependent
 9 Charm|    different lights.~I. An English translation ought to be idiomatic and
10 Charm|        fade out of sight, when the translation begins to take shape. He
11 Charm|            expression (Symp.). The translation should retain as far as
12 Charm|            language from which the translation is taken, consistently with
13 Charm|           be English. Further, the translation being English, it should
14 Charm|         conflicting elements. In a translation of Plato what may be termed
15 Charm|         language requires that the translation should be more intelligible
16 Charm|            in the rough draft of a translation. As in the previous case,
17 Charm|       rules; and hence any literal translation of a Greek author is full
18 Charm|            overcome in the work of translation; and we are far from having
19 Charm|        list. 6 The excellence of a translation will consist, not merely
20 Charm|           used to reproduce in the translation the quaint effect of some
21 Charm|          would, if reproduced in a translation, give offence to the reader.
22 Charm|      Republic. In the accompanying translation the word has been rendered
23 Charm|       unavoidable obscurity in the translation.)~Yes.~Which is less, if