medieval Tuscan

Dante’s Archaic Verbs: A Quick Guide to Medieval Tuscan Verb Forms

· July 14, 2026
Dantes Archaic Verbs: A Quick Guide to Medieval Tuscan Verb Forms

When I first opened the Commedia, I thought my Italian had failed me. Every third page threw unfamiliar verb forms at me. I encountered past tenses that didn’t match my textbook, contractions I’d never seen, conjugations that looked almost right but weren’t. I started keeping a list. Then I realized: these weren’t mistakes or dialect … Read more

Can AI Translate Dante? Why a 100-Percent Accurate Translation Is Impossible

· July 3, 2026
Can AI Translate Dante Why a 100-Percent Accurate Translation Is Impossible

I fed Inferno Canto 5 into ChatGPT last week. The model spat out a readable translation in about three seconds. It understood the Italian, caught the theological references, even approximated the terza rima rhyme scheme. For a study tool? Genuinely useful. For understanding Dante? That’s where the problem starts. People are doing this right now. … Read more