Who praised Chaucer's translation of the Roman de la Rose?
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Correct answer: A. Eustache Deschamps
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Deschamps's ballade (c. 1385) hails Chaucer as 'grant translateur, noble Geffroy Chaucier'. Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun wrote the Roman itself.
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