The translator of a poem may proceed upon either of two distinct principles. In the first case, he may render the text of his original into English, line for line and word for word, preserving as far as possible its exact verbal sequences, and translating each individual word into an English word as nearly as possible equivalent in its etymological force. In the second case, disregarding mere syntactic and etymologic equivalence, his aim will be to reproduce the inner meaning and power of the original, so far as the constitutional difference of the two languages will permit him.英文原著 · 《The Unseen World and Other Essays》
The ransom call is loaded with syntactical anomalies.美剧 · 《Lie to me》
"Hards-on" Not "Hard-ons." It's a syntactical error that I could've remedied美剧 · 《Sillicon Valley》