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somehow the etymologies make the pain from the book more visceral

'But what is the opposite of fidelity? Betrayal. Translation means doing violence upon the original, means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. So then where does that leave us? How can we conclude, except by acknowledging that an act of translation is then necessarily always an act of betrayal?'

[...] Robin's eyes met Professor Playfair's, he felt a deep, vinegary squirm of guilt in his gut.