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Of the 193 recognized countries in the world, only politically isolated North Korea is considered monolingual.
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― Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World
― Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World
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When he is dissected after his death," a disrespectful interpreter said of a foreign dignitary, "a million predicates will be found in his stomach: those he swallowed in the past decades without saying them.
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