Sentence:  From Davenant down to Dumas, from the Englishman who "improved" "Macbaeth" to the Frenchman who <WSD>traduced</WSD> into the French of Paris four acts of "Hamlet", and added a new fifth act of his own, Shakespeare has been disturbed in a way he little thought of when he menacingly provided for the repose of his bones. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To pass into another form of expression; to rephrase, to translate.