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The article presents a reflection on how time may effect translated classic works and considers the arguments advanced by translators that translated works need to be re-translated in order to adapt to modern society. Some of the questions the author considers include the ability to translate without dissociation. The time separating an original work from its translation is discussed. Examples of works including "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert and "Don Quichotte" by Miguel de Cervantes are commented on.

A literary criticism of the book "Don Quichotte," by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is presented. It examines and comments on how French translators confronted the book's archaism, a form of speech or writing no longer current, over a period of four centuries. The authors discuss Cervantes's archaism and Spanish language archaism during 1605 including the hero's name referred to as Quijada and Quijote. The use of the terms sobrenombre and yantar are also examined.