Evan wrote:

Translation is more art than science...

All languages have dialects -- not all translators know all the
possible
dialects of every language they can translate...

Even sign language has several regional dialects within the US...

You're correct. An ancient maxim says: "All translators are traitors."

I would add "... or as stupid as a crate of anvils, or merely mendacious."

Often translations fail for mechanical reasons - the translator is
translating WORDS instead of MEANINGS. In the Hebrew Bible the word 'et'
frequently occurs. The translators of the King James mechanically rendered
this Hebrew word as "and" in almost every instance. In context, the word
"et" could mean "but," "for," "with," or several other English words.

Another example is "Thou shall not kill" while in Hebrew the meaning is
"Thou shalt not MURDER." Killing is not only permitted, it is encouraged.
God proclaims it is meritorious to kill Jebusites, Philistines, Ammonites,
homosexuals, and others.

Of course this was written before Muslims...