... There are about 5000 languages spoken in the world today, not counting dialects... they meet, they mix, they converse and make exchanges, they translate each other. Mankind could ill do without such enriching experiences! ...

Etymologically speaking, the meaning of translation is "carrying across" or "bringing across." We bring a text across from one language to another.

To translate is to choose.

... because it brings two languages together, one revealing itself to the other, since no word is as understandable as when seen from outside.

Translation, whilst acting as a mirror, helps to decipher the universe by passionately exploring a language...