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The translator of the Bible into German, Martin Luther (1483–1546), is credited with being the first European to posit that one translates satisfactorily only toward his own language. L. G. Kelly states that, since Johann Gottfried Herder in the 18th century, "it has been axiomatic" that one translates only toward his own language.