To what extent should the translation respect the grammar?

[ReneZ]

Infinitive forms, eh?


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In printed editions of the Rosarius minor: "Revertere, revertere Hortulane, revertere & augmenta Rosarium meum..."

Many manuscripts had plenty of problems: phonetic spelling, bad grammar, copy errors, misunderstanding of abbreviated words, later more or less fixed (sometimes rewritten when too horrible) in printed editions.

All this does not make grammar absent, on the contrary: they tried to write as well as they could.

Not sure if it is relevant here, but in many languages, infinitives can be used for imperatives.
Dutch for example: "Eten!" says the angry mother to the child who doesn't want to eat his red beans.
They can also be nouns.
This may cause valid grammar to look odd.