原题
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a circa 1400 poem written in Middle English—an archaic form of the English spoken today. Over the last several centuries, the English language has undergone such transformations in vocabulary, spelling, and grammar that most readers now rely on translations to read Sir Gawain. In the introduction to his 2007 translation, Simon Armitage remarks that the sonic patterns of the poem, which was written in alliterative verse (a verse form featuring extensive repetition of initial consonant sounds), are essential to its structure. Because many Modern English words begin with different sounds than their Middle English equivalents do, a strictly literal translation of Sir Gawain would therefore likely ______
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Abe more faithful to the original intentions of the poem than most strictly literal translations of alliterative Middle English poems are to their originals.
Bappeal more to modern readers than would translations like Armitage’s that instead prioritize the original text’s sonic and structural qualities.
Cbe preferable to modern readers who are primarily interested in learning what the poem reveals about historical conditions during the time it was originally written.
Dpreserve much of the original text’s meaning at the expense of other qualities that are also integral to the experience of reading the poem.
正确答案：D
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