I thought in terms of comparing Translated Text not to Comprehend Languages, but to the 3rd-Level Tongues spell, except two levels more complex. My argument for greater complexity is that with Tongues, you're getting the language of the person with whom you're conversing, on an ongoing basis, perhaps linked to a variant of telepathy. With Translated Text, a single sentence of the target language gives you perfect literacy in that language, including the ability to write letters and sentences that didn't appear in the sentence used for the material component. It seemed to me that was like a quantum leap of capability.
At any rate, I hoped the caveats and restrictions would incline the DM to consider this not an excessively powerful spell.
Apropos of nothing: [Imitation of an ominous mechanical wheeze, followed by imitation of James Earl Jones] "The Farce is strong in you, Fluke Skystumbler ... but you are not a silly English k'niggg'ht yet...."
At any rate, I hoped the caveats and restrictions would incline the DM to consider this not an excessively powerful spell.
Apropos of nothing: [Imitation of an ominous mechanical wheeze, followed by imitation of James Earl Jones] "The Farce is strong in you, Fluke Skystumbler ... but you are not a silly English k'niggg'ht yet...."
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"The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that this was some killer weed."
"The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that this was some killer weed."