What work nobler than transplanting foreign thought into the barren domestic soil?

还有什么事业比把外国的思想移植到贫瘠的本国土壤中更崇高呢？

At each flaw, be this your first thought: the author doubtless said something quite different, and much more to the point.

遇到每一处错误时，你首先应当这样想：作者所要表达的意思必定迥然不同，而且更加切中要点。