diff --git a/build/lib/svgpathtools/path.py b/build/lib/svgpathtools/path.py
index 7afd58e..ec23b71 100644
--- a/build/lib/svgpathtools/path.py
+++ b/build/lib/svgpathtools/path.py
@@ -2136,13 +2136,7 @@ class Path(MutableSequence):
 
     def cropped(self, T0, T1):
         """returns a cropped copy of the path."""
-        assert 0 <= T0 <= 1 and 0 <= T1<= 1
         assert T0 != T1
-        assert not (T0 == 1 and T1 == 0)
-
-        if T0 == 1 and 0 < T1 < 1 and self.isclosed():
-            return self.cropped(0, T1)
-
         if T1 == 1:
             seg1 = self[-1]
             t_seg1 = 1
@@ -2177,7 +2171,7 @@ class Path(MutableSequence):
 
             # T1<T0 must cross discontinuity case
             if T1 < T0:
-                if not self.isclosed():
+                if self.isclosed():
                     raise ValueError("This path is not closed, thus T0 must "
                                      "be less than T1.")
                 else:
diff --git a/svgpathtools/path.py b/svgpathtools/path.py
index 41989de..599e269 100644
--- a/svgpathtools/path.py
+++ b/svgpathtools/path.py
@@ -2238,4 +2238,4 @@ class Path(MutableSequence):
     def translated(self, z0):
         """Returns a copy of self shifted by the complex quantity `z0` such
         that self.translated(z0).point(t) = self.point(t) + z0 for any t."""
-        return translate(self, z0)
+        return translate(self, z0)
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