Complex sentence: The translators' stated purpose was to follow an "essentially literal" translation philosophy while taking into account differences of grammar, syntax, and idiom between current literary English and the original languages.
Split into simpler sentences: The translators' stated purpose was to follow an "essentially literal" translation philosophy. The stated intent of the translators was to follow an "essentially literal" translation philosophy while taking into account differences of grammar, syntax, and idiom between current literary English and the original languages.