If Everyone Understood Everyone
By Sonny Saggar
Planned book · Working title · No publication date announced
If translation became perfect, would we finally understand each other? Words, humour, context and disagreement suggest a more interesting answer.
A place to begin
A translation can preserve the words while missing why a joke was funny or a remark hurt. Shared vocabulary does not guarantee shared context.
A question worth arguing with
Which disagreement would remain even if every sentence were understood perfectly?
Try this
Recall a misunderstanding. Separate a language problem from a disagreement about values or expectations.
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