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A human's first task is to translate. As infants, we breathe air and immediately translate. To survive, we translate. In different tones, an infant articulates hunger, distress, and fatigue. In turn, their caregivers experiment, juggle interpretations, understand, translate. Translation becomes a mutual undertaking—a habit both receivers develop and an art both ends finesse. - Yasmine Haj
— Apr 09, 2025 01:43PM
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