You wrote:
“The 1970 translation is REALLY dumbed down.”
Ain’t that the truth!?
Much better isn’t it?
**Thankfully the new translation will restore the tone of humble request so clear in the Latin. It renders the text quite faithfully by saying: Therefore, Lord, we pray: graciously accept this oblation…. Hence the imperitive tone of the current rendering gives way to a more requestful tone (we pray =quaesumus) that also recognizes God’s graciousness in accepting our offering. This a much more proper tone for prayer.**