text: Quite correct, Trent: I have posted previously that I am a 90 year old Franciscan Order Catholic Priest, in case anyone should wonder.
  
  What I post I invite to be considered on its own merits. I'm not trying to claim 'authority' -- just inviting reason and my own life  experience.
  
  Our present Latin, the basis for vernacular translations, is not as clear as some think. I am merely suggesting that it be reviewed to be sure it says what we want it to say, if that is to be 'the norm' for translations.
  
  As to translations, I recommend reading Ben Sirach and the author's description of the 'Trials of a Translator'. There it is – in the Bible itself, (if you're Catholic) – 
  
  "The fact is that sometimes you cannot find an equivalent for things written in Hebrew when you try to translate ideas into another language..You will find on examination that the Law itself, the Prophets, and the other books differ considerably from the original text."
  
  Translating Latin won't be any different.