In Italian, there is an expression “traduttore traditore”, which means in English, “A translator is a traitor.” The expression arises from the fact that there is rarely an exact correspondence of meanings of words as one passes from one language to another, so there is almost always a slight change of meaning.
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In Italian, there is an expression “traduttore traditore”, which means in English, “A translator is a traitor.” The expression arises from the fact that there is rarely an exact correspondence of meanings of words as one passes from one language to another, so there is almost always a slight change of meaning.