Comparing the Old Translation with the New Translation (Roman Missal, 3rd Edition)
  • Views from the Choir Loft has some comments on a 1990 article by Msgr. Richard J. Schuler:

    “One is not only appalled by the banality of that English translation, but what strikes one so forcibly is the damage done to the very content of the Latin prayers in what is supposed to pass as a translation.”


    You can read more here.

    It certainly makes one grateful for what we currently have !!!
  • I should add that Msgr. Schuler was the Editor of SACRED MUSIC for years and years. I believe he passed away a few years ago, but he would have been thrilled by the New Translation, based on that article.