Next in importance to a faithful transfusion of the sense and meaning of an author, is an assimilation of the style and manner of writing in the tran… - Alexander Fraser Tytler

It is always a fault when the translator adds to the sentiment of the original author, what does not strictly accord with his characteristic mode of thinking, or expressing himself.

I. ... the Translation should give a complete transcript of the ideas of the original work.
II. ... the style and manner of writing should be of the same character with that of the original.
III. ... the Translation should have all the ease of original composition.

The utility of translations is universally felt, and therefore there is a continual demand for them. But this very circumstance has thrown the practice of translation into mean and mercenary hands.