SC - Translation of Libro del arte de Cocina por Diego Granado,1599

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In a message dated 5/3/00 9:01:03 PM Central Daylight Time, 
oftraquair at hotmail.com writes:

<< >10 years seems to me an inordinate amount of time.
  >>
When a translation involves Spanish or Portuguese written before 1800, 10 
years isn't an inordinate amount of time. The language changed a great deal 
and a good number of the words used before 1800 are either nonexistent today 
or have a different meaning. 

Isabella