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“Translations, it has been said, are like one’s mistress. She can be beautiful or she can be faithful, but she cannot be both”
— Oct 17, 2022 04:02AM
“Translations, it has been said, are like one’s mistress. She can be beautiful or she can be faithful, but she cannot be both”
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