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had to read Dante's Divine Comedy in translation since I don't know Italian
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
The piece concerns political intrigue in 1682, but this performance features a blunt, vernacular new translation of the libretto; a staging of skin-crawling immediacy; and a fierce, unsentimental reading of the score.
—Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
China’s Office of the Tariff Commission of the State Council said that tariffs on U.S. goods will rise to 84% from 34% starting on April 10, according to a translation of the announcement.
—Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid,sawdah Bhaimiya,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
On Wednesday, China pushed back by raising tariffs from 35% to 84% on U.S. goods entering China starting April 10, according to a translation of a Office of the Tariff Commission of the State Council.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
The piece concerns political intrigue in 1682, but this performance features a blunt, vernacular new translation of the libretto; a staging of skin-crawling immediacy; and a fierce, unsentimental reading of the score.
—Jeffrey Arlo Brown, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
China’s Office of the Tariff Commission of the State Council said that tariffs on U.S. goods will rise to 84% from 34% starting on April 10, according to a translation of the announcement.
—Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid,sawdah Bhaimiya,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
On Wednesday, China pushed back by raising tariffs from 35% to 84% on U.S. goods entering China starting April 10, according to a translation of a Office of the Tariff Commission of the State Council.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
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