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No word in one language ever precisely equates to a word in another.

Drawn from what Irving Finkel said

A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.

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  1. Irving Finkel

    Assyriologist at the British Museum

    Well, you know, the truth about translation is that you never really have a word in one language which precisely equates another. You never do.

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Our reading — they may agree, disagree or merely touch the same thing. Closest first: a shared subject counts for most, then how near the wording is.

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