Sometimes this can happen by mistake. I say this because some languages are tonal. If this translation was done via text I wonder if context is lost. Marcus was deep into stoicism so the audiobook is very monotone. But I ask myself did Marcus smile when he was thinking about his kind mother? Gruff when writing about his stepfather? The raw human emotion gets lost.

> Marcus didn’t think in English and information is often misunderstood during translations.

True, but I’d wager that a lot of our idioms date back to Greek and Roman origins. It would strike me as odd and inappropriate for a translator to inject modern idioms.

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It is an odd feeling, because as far as we know, these were purely intended for his private use. Still, that makes it  a more fascinating peak inside the mind of someone from that era. I was repeatedly struck by just how modern so many of the sentiments, even some phrasings, were.

It truly is. Often times the way he speaks on things reminds me of modern times. But then I often think how much is this due to translation.

I don't think that's just from the translator, either. Ancient Rome was a long time ago, but it's one of the foundational building blocks of our culture, so lots of stuff in our culture was also present in theirs.

Yes this is true but Marcus didn’t think in English and information is often misunderstood during translations.

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>It is an odd feeling, because as far as we know, these were purely intended for his private use. Still, that makes it  a more fascinating peak inside the mind of someone from that era. I was repeatedly struck by just how modern so many of the sentiments, even some phrasings, were.

It truly is. Often times the way he speaks on things reminds me of modern times. But then I often think how much is this due to translation. 

>I don't think that's just from the translator, either. Ancient Rome was a long time ago, but it's one of the foundational building blocks of our culture, so lots of stuff in our culture was also present in theirs.

Yes this is true but Marcus didn’t think in English and information is often misunderstood during translations.