sentence: As the translator himself notes in his preface to the three volumes , '' [ N ] o attempt has been made to superimpose on the translation changes that would be needed to ` rectify ' ... accretions , ... repetitions , non sequiturs and confusions that mark the present text , '' and the work is a `` representation of what is primarily oral literature , appealing to the ear rather than the eye '' .
question: what does someone translate _ _ _ ?
answers: the three volumes