Babel

by R.F. Kuang

They don’t respect you, or your government. You are obstacles to be resolved, one way or another.’ ‘Disappointing. For all their talk of rights and dignity.’ ‘I think those principles only apply to those they find human.’

‘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.’