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It's a little odd to blame this on the English translation since Voltaire was, naturally, writing in French: "Ce corps qui s'appelait et qui s'appelle encore l
by onraglanroad 4mo ago
It's a little odd to blame this on the English translation since Voltaire was, naturally, writing in French:
"Ce corps qui s'appelait et qui s'appelle encore le saint empire romain n'était en aucune manière ni saint, ni romain, ni empire."
- pjio 4mo agoFair point, the original sentence is French and not English. Both are closer to Latin than German, so the mistranslation might be more on the German side.