El original es infiel a la traduccion.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Translations inevitably betray the original text to some degree.
- In plain terms
- A translation cannot fully capture the original meaning.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept that translated works always lose something from the source.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How much can you trust a translation?
- What is lost in translation?
Another view
Some translations succeed remarkably well despite this limit.
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