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Carrying meaning across a chasm and hoping it doesn't fall in.
means To express something written or spoken in one language using another, while preserving its meaning.
from From Latin translatus, past participle of transferre, to carry across — meaning is literally ferried from one tongue to another.
Untranslatable wordsSome concepts simply refuse to cross borders.
Same rootShares ancestry with transfer and transit.
Saint JeromeHis Bible translation made him translators' patron.