Though the translator is, by definition, proficient and fluent in English, he usually finds himself in an awkward situation when he encounters archaeological and historical terms he may not be familiar with in the text. Another difficulty is that the persons who record the facts are usually highly sophisticated scholars who use many idiomatic phrases. Thus, the translator is forced to find recourse to special dictionaries that contain special terms and idioms so that his translation is faithful and genuine. A further problem the translator faces is the fact that the source is written in very old English. In the particular case presented, the translator had to deal with English that was spoken and written in 1800 and later.
Translation then becomes a very arduous, demanding, and time-consuming task.
Therefore, the translator has to look up words in older dictionaries. Those dictionaries include very old meanings of words that are useful to the historical translator. To conclude, it is true that the translator in this case undergoes great pain and effort. He struggles to achieve credible, faithful translation because what he has to translate is raw historical evidence and facts that must not be falsified. From Episkopi I proceed for the night to Rapsista, containing thirty or forty houses and distant two miles to the northward.