Yes, I was thinking the Noach rains came early this year.

I agree with you on the need for translation, but for me, the translation loses the beautiful poetry of the Hebrew. I would instead support a synagogue providing congregants with Machzorim (high holiday prayer books) that have a literal (rather than rhyming or truncated) English translation on the opposite side of the page. That way, each individual can decide when to access the English, and when to enjoy the Hebrew.