Modern translation norms demand seamless target-language fluency, unlike Morisco practice

Evidence

The modern reader, if he reads a book that has been translated into his language from another one, generally expects it to read as if it were an original composition. Modern English book reviewers, resolutely monoglot as most of them are, still feel themselves competent to judge whether a novel has been “well translated” or not, even when they have no knowledge whatsoever of the original language. What they usually mean by a “good translation” is one the English of which sounds 10. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 667

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the diametrically opposite norms in sacred translation (e.g., Septuagint, calque-laden liturgical language), where visible source influence is valued over fluency.