Paper: Comparisons of Six English Translations of Lucretius De Rerum Natura

I just found this very detailed paper:

Comparison of Six English translations of Lucretius “De rerum natura” – Digital Humanities Project Course

This seemed to shed some light on the subjectivity of translation, as it show some sections of word for word comparisons.

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3.1.3. Verbs and nouns – treated differently

01_latin_order	02_latin_tokens	03_eng_direct_tokens	1656_en	1743_en	1872_en	1886_en	1916_en	1936_en
81	ferae	a wild beast, wild animal	savage	savage	untamed	wild	wild	wild
82	pecudes	cattle	bruits	beasts	herds	herds	herds	beasts
83	persultant	to leap about, range through	jump	frisk	bound	bound	leap	bound
84	pabula	fodder, pasturage, grass	meads	fields	pastures	pastures	fields	pastures
85	laeta	joyful, cheerful, glad,	flowry	cheerful	glad	glad	happy	fat