«Topographical error»

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      «In mentioning the rivers which the missionaries had lately crossed, our author has been guilty of a great topographical error in placing the river Dissennith between the Maw and Traeth Mawr, as also in placing the Arthro between the Traeth Mawr and Traeth Bychan, as a glance at a map will shew» (The Itinerary of Archibishop Baldwin through Wales, Giraldus Cambrensis. Middlesex: The Echo Library, 2007, p. 107).

      Agora imaginem que alguém traduzia topographical error por «gralha topográfica». Que pensaria o pobre leitor sem acesso ao original? Ia acontecendo...

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