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>Maybe I'm expecting too much here, but I would assume that a
>competent translator would take colloquial English and turn it
>into colloquial *whatever*, contractions included.
The most important criterion for translators is that they be fluent in the
target language. As a result, you can't always count on their being fluent
in English. For this reason, the simpler the English, the better the chance
of getting a good translation. ...RM
