Context: Despite occasional theoretical diversity, the actual practice of translation has hardly changed since antiquity. Except for some extreme metaphrasers in the early Christian period and the Middle Ages, and adapters in various periods (especially pre-Classical Rome, and the 18th century), translators have generally shown prudent flexibility in seeking equivalents — "literal" where possible, paraphrastic where necessary — for the original meaning and other crucial "values" (e.g., style, verse form, concordance with musical accompaniment or, in films, with speech articulatory movements) as determined from context.

Question: How much has translation changed since antiquity?
Answer: hardly

Question: What kind of diversity has the practice of translation had?
Answer: theoretical

Question: When were there some extreme metaphrasers?
Answer: early Christian period and the Middle Ages

Question: What have general been prudent about?
Answer: seeking equivalents

Question: For crucial values, what type of values do translators use where possible?
Answer: literal

Question: How much has translation stayed the same since antiquity?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What kind of segregation has the practice of translation had?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When were there some minor metaphrasers?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What have translators generally been awful at doing?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What type of values do translators avoid where possible?
Answer: Unanswerable