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That's correct. The modern English version of The Canterbury Tales does not retain the distinct Middle English language used by Geoffrey Chaucer in the original text. Instead, it is translated into contemporary English to make it accessible to modern readers.
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In translating the Canterbury Tales, the translator strives to maintain the original meaning while also capturing the poetic rhythm and sounds of Chaucer's verse. This balance ensures that the modern English version remains faithful to the text's linguistic and stylistic qualities.
"Get up and bar the door" is already Modern English.
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote "The Canterbury Tales" in Middle English, which was the common spoken and written language in England during the late 14th century. Middle English is distinct from older forms of the language like Old English and from the modern form of English that we use today.
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"Middle English" is a subset of English. Middle English is the type of English spoken in Chaucer's time, as in _The Canterbury Tales_. English is a language as a whole, but over time, the dialect has changed from Old English, the dialect spoken in _Beowulf_, to Middle English, the dialect spoken in Chaucer's time, in _The Canterbury Tales_, to Modern English, the dialect spoken in Shakespeare's time, in _Hamlet_, to today's English, the dialect I'm writing in right now.
Yes, it is true that Chaucer's writings, particularly "The Canterbury Tales," are considered to provide examples of English in transition from Middle English to Modern English. Chaucer's works reflect changes in vocabulary, grammar, and spelling that show the evolution of the English language during that time period.
The 1611 King James Version of the Bible was written in Early Modern English, which is a predecessor to the modern English language that we use today. It was not written in Old English, Middle English, or Modern English, but rather a distinct stage of the English language.
If you are reading Grapes of Wrath, sarten = certain.