22-06-2025, 08:22 AM
These are all nice theories, but first you should look at it in practice.
When I look at books in Latin, German words suddenly appear. Mostly they are nouns. I don't know Latin, but these words immediately catch my eye. Not because I can read them, but because they simply don't fit into the picture.
Even if I don't understand either language, I can still see the differences. The picture changes, and that happens in all languages when it changes.
Hence the rule. If I can't translate something, I write it as I know it.
Sometimes I hear foreigners speaking. They can't translate our expressions, so they use our terms. Everything is normal.
When I look at books in Latin, German words suddenly appear. Mostly they are nouns. I don't know Latin, but these words immediately catch my eye. Not because I can read them, but because they simply don't fit into the picture.
Even if I don't understand either language, I can still see the differences. The picture changes, and that happens in all languages when it changes.
Hence the rule. If I can't translate something, I write it as I know it.
Sometimes I hear foreigners speaking. They can't translate our expressions, so they use our terms. Everything is normal.