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To   : Karel Kral
From : Ardith Hinton
Date : Thu Sep 04 2025 23:54:12

Hi & welcome, Karel!  Recently you wrote in a message to Gleb Hlebov:

 KK>  Based on discussion with Grok: ;-)

 KK>  Modern English is different from 19th-century English.


          Yes...



 KK>  In your example, the archaic phrase was retained as it
 KK>  was written by Jules Verne.


          ... and my sources agree that this material was originally written in the 19th century.  They also agree that Jules Verne was French.

          The most highly respected translation seems to have been published by Osgood in 1874.  IOW, I hear what you're saying & I imagine others do too.  :-)




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