Talk:Papal titles

Isaguge (talk) 17:24, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Translation of the Pontiff section
I've noticed some mistakes/errors/inconsistencies in the translation of the Portuguese version of the page. I'm in no way an expert on Portuguese and have a very basic understanding of the language but I've identified a few errors. I also suspect that there are more throughout the page and that it needs a better looking at.

1. There is a redundancy when it come to the first line: The term "Pontiff" (Pontifex), variations of which include "Roman Pontiff" or "Roman Pontiff", "Supreme Pontiff", with "Roman Pontiff" repeated twice. This comes from a direct translation of: O termo "Pontífice" (Pontifex), cujas variações incluem "Romano Pontífice" ou "Pontífice Romano", "Supremo Pontífice", in which the adjective "Romano" is placed before and after the noun "Pontifice" which is impossible in English (e.g. you can say a big red bus but not a bus red big or a big bus red). That is where the problem comes from. To fix this problem I suggest removing the redundancy entirely.

2. There is a translation issue on the seventh line with: The term Pontiff Maximus is commonly found in inscriptions on buildings. The words "Pontiff Maximus" are a mix of the English "Pontiff" and the Latin "Maximus". The Portuguese translation of the words "Pontifex Maximus" conserve the "Maximus" with "Pontífice Máximo" which English doesn't do. English uses the words "Pontifex Maximus", taken directly from Latin, or "Supreme Pontiff". To fix this issue I would replace "Pontiff Maximus" with "Pontifex Maximus".

3. Very similarly to the point above, on the first line of the last paragraph and the penultimate line there is another translation error of "Pontífice Máximo" with: With regard specifically to the term Maximum Pontiff (Pontifex Maximus), it was a title of the Roman emperor since the reign of Caesar Augustus, and with: since popes started using the title "Maximum Pontiff" much later, the words "Maximum Pontiff" are incorrect with the word "Maximum" never showing up in the wikipedia page for Pontifex Maximus. Again this should be changed to either "Pontifex Maximus" (which I prefer) or "Supreme Pontiff".

I am sure that there are other slight translation errors like the ones above that litter this article, and think that it needs a general rewording in some sections, but these errors are an easy fix. ColdFrozenYeti (talk) 10:15, 15 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you for pointing out the mistakes, as it was my first time translating an article on the topic. I see you already implemented the changes? Nevertheless, I will proofread the article once more. Isaguge (talk) 20:45, 26 April 2023 (UTC)