text: From the pew, what strikes me about the 2011 translation is not just that it's a lousy translation, but specifically that it's an awkward translation. The rigid adherence to the structure of the Latin cannot yield a good, or even a decent, English translation.  The sentences, replete with complex and compound clauses, are not easy to read and almost impossible to hear. In many instances, especially in the Collects, it is is difficult to discern the meaning even if one reads along with the celebrant -- which ought not be necessary.  Even celebrants who prepare well often stumble over the awkward structure of the 2011 translation; and my sense is that not all of them prepare well -- they attempt to read the prayers "cold." The Vatican imposed this translation on the English speaking world. It was an abuse of authority that the bishops should have resisted. Frankly, they still should.