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Read this passage:

"As Gregor Samsa one morning from restless dreams awoke, found he himself in his bed into an enormous vermin transformed."
—Dr. Norman Prinsky, trans., The Metamorphosis

How does the literal, word-for-word translation of The Metamorphosis illustrate the idea that 100 percent accuracy in a translation is difficult to achieve?

A. It uses words that are no longer used in either German or English.