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I don’t think so.

I don’t know.

Naked / Nude

Deutschen Demokratischen RepublikGerman Democratic Republic

English “had no use for the nuanced nailing of extended-family relationships. Their ‘aunts’ and ‘uncles’ seemed disrespectful and generic compared to our [Bangla words for] ‘father’s-side older brother’ or ‘mother’s second sister.’”

English “had no use for the nuanced nailing of extended-family relationships. Their ‘aunts’ and ‘uncles’ seemed disrespectful and generic compared to our [Bangla words for] ‘father’s-side older brother’ or ‘mother’s second sister.’”

Bharati Mukherjee

No, dear Theramenes, I’ve too long delayedIn pleasant Trozen; my decision’s made.I’m off; in my anxiety, I commenceTo tax myself with shameful indolence.My father has been gone six months and more,And yet I do not know what distant shoreNow hides him, or what trials he now may bear.

No, no, my friend, we’re off! Six months have passedsince Father heard the ocean howl and casthis galley on the Aegean’s skull-white froth.Listen! The blank sea calls us — off, off, off!I’ll follow Father to the fountainheadand marsh of hell. We’re off. Alive or dead,I’ll find him.

You have worked with some of the largest musicians in jazz.

You have worked with some of the largest musicians in jazz.

“England and America are two countries divided by a common language.”

George Bernard Shaw

“England and America are two countries divided by a common language.”

George Bernard Shaw

To help us understand the textsTo protect us from manipulationBecause our constant process of putting our thoughts into words is translation

To help us understand the textsTo protect us from manipulationBecause our constant process of putting our thoughts into words is translation

Traditore:TradutorreTraditore:Tradutorre

Translator =

Traitor

Translator =

Traitor

Prose or verseOriginal meterOriginal rhyme schemeIdioms

Prose or verseOriginal meterOriginal rhyme schemeIdioms

We went to the beach.All of us went to the beach.We drove to the beach.We went toward the beach.We went to a beachWe went to the seashore.

We went to the beach.All of us went to the beach.We drove to the beach.We went toward the beach.We went to a beachWe went to the seashore.

The politician ran for office.The politician jogged for office.The politician ran to his office.The politician ran for the room

in which he worked.

The politician ran for office.The politician jogged for office.The politician ran to his office.The politician ran for the room

in which he worked.

Prose or verseOriginal meterOriginal rhyme schemeIdiomsDialect

Prose or verseOriginal meterOriginal rhyme schemeIdiomsDialect

The guard in Sophocles’ ancient Greek play Antigone, after bringing Princess Antigone to King Creon:

The guard in Sophocles’ ancient Greek play Antigone, after bringing Princess Antigone to King Creon:

“And now I reckon I’m entitledto split.”

Prose or verseOriginal meterOriginal rhyme scheme IdiomsDialectWord play

Prose or verseOriginal meterOriginal rhyme scheme IdiomsDialectWord play

Genesis 2:25 - 3:1Genesis 2:25 - 3:1

And they were both naked [arumim], the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.Now the serpent was more subtil [arum] than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.

And they were both naked [arumim], the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.Now the serpent was more subtil [arum] than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.

Matthew 16:18Matthew 16:18

Thou art Peter [Petrus], and upon this rock [petros] I will build my church.

Thou art Peter [Petrus], and upon this rock [petros] I will build my church.

Samuel BeckettSamuel Beckett

Comment c’est

Commencer (as in “commence”)

How It Is

Comment c’est

Commencer (as in “commence”)

How It Is

Max ErnstMax ErnstLa femme 100 têtes

La femme cent têtesLa femme sans têtes

The Hundred Headless Woman

La femme 100 têtes

La femme cent têtesLa femme sans têtes

The Hundred Headless Woman