Bp. Trautman thinks the new Missal translation is 'elitist'...

...or he thinks that Catholics can't read well. Those are essentially the ideas he espoused at a recent talk at CUA (Catholic Univ. of America). You can find the full article at... wait for it... NCR of course! "Slavishly Literal translation of Missal criticized" ...

I can't do a full analysis because I am at work, but I have to quote one part, my Comments are in [Blue]:

He said the "sacred language" used by translators "tends to be elitist [Big words = elitist??]and remote from everyday speech [No one has ever said "everyday language" is the best language to learn things in... they sure don't use it at universities] and frequently not understandable" and could lead to a "pastoral disaster."[Did he just call "everyday" Catholics dumb? Of course he didn't, but did he imply something?]
"The vast majority of God's people in the assembly are not familiar with words of the new missal like 'ineffable,' 'consubstantial,' 'incarnate,' 'inviolate,' 'oblation,' 'ignominy,' 'precursor,' 'suffused' and 'unvanquished.' The vocabulary is not readily understandable by the average Catholic," Trautman said.[Where is Fr. Z - 'ineffable'!!!] [Also... He again implies the average Catholic can't read these words, or use the internet, or a dictionary, or expand their knowledge - we don't want THAT! Isn't that the mentality of the days gone past when Catholics were told not to read their bible for fear of "reading it wrong?"]
"The [Second Vatican Council's] Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy stipulated vernacular language, not sacred language," he added. "Did Jesus ever speak to the people of his day in words beyond their comprehension? Did Jesus ever use terms or expressions beyond his hearer's understanding?" [He contradicts himself here... YES Jesus used terms beyond peoples expression, hence nobody understanding what was meant by the Temple, or the Son of God, or how he was the Messiah! Had they understood he wouldn't have been CRUCIFIED!]

The rest of the article is pretty much the same... I will try and do more later... hopefully Fr. Z or someone else smarter than I am can give a more complete and intellectual analysis or response. Someone ask him... I really want to hear what Fr. Z has to say about Bp. Trautman's take on the "admittance to Heaven" thing... I'll get to that later if I can.

[[**UPDATE**]]:
So of course... I should have checked WDTPRS?.com before I posted, because I should have known that Fr. Z would be all over this. Read his excellent commentary:
Wherein Bp. Trautman runs down new translation and Fr. Z responds