There was one that directly derived from Greek to Latin written by Henry Aristippus. ... In general, efforts made by all those translators cannot be neglected. ... Although Copernicus was Polish, he also spoke Latin, German, Italian and Greek. ... According to Thomas, "Proud of his humanist training, Copernicus could turn Greek into Latin Verse, and even advice on currency reform" (403). ... In conclusion, translators are one of the key factors that ...

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The effects of this empire can be still seen today in those areas of Latin America and the Caribbean that they colonized in the 1500's. ... To start, both Spaniards had translators to help them through their conquest. However, whereas Pizarro had one translator, Cortés had two translators, one was Jerónimo Aguilar, a man that due to a shipwreck landed in Yucatan and unavoidably learned the language of the people as he cohabitated with the native. ... Burkholder, author of Colonial Latin America, states, "Probably more Indians died in the epidemic than from wounds received in ...

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A prominent intellectual in New York literary circles beginning in the 1920's, Burke was a poet, essayist, reviewer, novelist, translator, social commentator, and writer of short stories. ... After Burke's death in 1993 at the age of 96, the sculptor added the death and date and the Latin inscription Nostrae dies mortis, meaning "day of our death". ...

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