Context: The translator's role as a bridge for "carrying across" values between cultures has been discussed at least since Terence, the 2nd-century-BCE Roman adapter of Greek comedies. The translator's role is, however, by no means a passive, mechanical one, and so has also been compared to that of an artist. The main ground seems to be the concept of parallel creation found in critics such as Cicero. Dryden observed that "Translation is a type of drawing after life..." Comparison of the translator with a musician or actor goes back at least to Samuel Johnson’s remark about Alexander Pope playing Homer on a flageolet, while Homer himself used a bassoon.

Question: How long has a translator's part in bridging values between cultures been discussed?
Answer: at least since Terence

Question: What did Terence adapt from the Greek's?
Answer: comedies

Question: A translator's role is less like a robot and more like a what?
Answer: artist

Question: Where was the concept of parallel creation found?
Answer: Cicero

Question: Who remarked about Alexander Pope playing Homer on a flageolet?
Answer: Samuel Johnson

Question: How long has a translator's part in bridging values between cultures been avoided?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What did Terence destroy from the Greek's?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is a translator's role never like?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Where was the concept of parallel creation lost?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who remained silent about Alexander Pope playing Homer on a flageolet?
Answer: Unanswerable