One sentence in particular from his opening dedication to ... reads as both guidance and encouragement for all future translators: "I haven’t aimed for a fancy

One sentence in particular from his opening dedication to ... reads as both guidance and encouragement for all future translators: "I haven’t aimed for a fancy style or padded the book out with long sentences or pompous, pretentious words, or any of the irrelevant flourishes and attractions so many writers use; I didn’t want it to please for anything but the range and seriousness of its subject matter." For me, this article was the opposite.