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Language was always the companion of empire, and as such, together they begin, grow, and flourish. And later, together, they fall.
‘Languages aren’t just made of words. They’re modes of looking at the world. They’re the keys to civilization. And that’s knowledge worth killing for.’
‘One does not appreciate heaven until one has known hell,’
It’s hard to accept what you don’t want to see.’
‘That’s just what translation is, I think. That’s all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they’re trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.’
But who, in living history, ever understands their part in the tapestry?
