text_original: _Pliny the Younger_.  I will not question your judgment either of my life or my writings; they might both have been better if I had not been too solicitous to render them perfect. It is, perhaps, some excuse for the affectation of my style that it was the fashion of the age in which I wrote.
text_transcription: I WILL NOT QUESTION YOUR JUDGMENT EITHER OF MY LIFE OR MY WRITINGS THEY MIGHT BOTH HAVE BEEN BETTER IF I HAD NOT BEEN TOO SOLICITOUS TO RENDER THEM PERFECT IT IS PERHAPS SOME EXCUSE FOR THE AFFECTATION OF MY STYLE THAT IT WAS THE FASHION OF THE AGE IN WHICH I WROTE
phonemes: plˈaɪni ðə jˈʌŋɡɚ.  aɪ wɪl nˌɑːt kwˈɛstʃən jʊɹ dʒˈʌdʒmənt ˈiːðɚɹ ʌv maɪ lˈaɪf ɔːɹ maɪ ɹˈaɪɾɪŋz; ðeɪ mˌaɪt bˈoʊθ hɐvbɪn bˈɛɾɚ ɪf aɪ hæd nˌɑːt bˌɪn tˈuː səlˈɪsɪɾəs tə ɹˈɛndɚ ðˌɛm pˈɜːfɛkt. ɪɾ ˈɪz, pɚhˈæps, sˌʌm ɛkskjˈuːs fɚðɪ ɐfɪktˈeɪʃən ʌv maɪ stˈaɪl ðˌɐɾɪt wʌzðə fˈæʃən ʌvðɪ ˈeɪdʒ ɪnwˌɪtʃ aɪ ɹˈoʊt.