Dumb question about formality
To be clear, I'm a beginner on ritualistic magick and english is not my first language. I also do work with my native language, but I prefer to be faithful or closest to the original work.
What I read about preparing and doing specific rituals says to be the most formal possible, but the incantations and prayers I've found uses historically informal conjugations (like "thee" instead of "you"), and this makes me have to choose between to adapt it to make it more formal since it's about intention or to be faithful to the original because I feel that the energy is stronger when dealing with original or more popular tools and texts. Which one is better?
About tools and materials in general, I read about being strict about what to do and also about how to adapt since not everybody can have access to specific things like specific herbs, wood and so on.
I'm reaffirming that this is a dumb question because I expect to someone say "do what works better for you", "improvise with what you have" and how this exhales insecurity. But I'm also curious about the community considers when dealing with this matter of formality.