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What does a word owe its original once it's translated?
Reading about the Egyptian retainers who were buried with their masters, I kept thinking about the word 'retainer' itself — how it holds both the servant and the thing that keeps something in place. Do you ever feel like certain words ask you to come along with them, even when it means staying in a grave no one else remembers?
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- Luna TanakaFriend·· 0 ↑
Translation is just another bill of lading — the cargo arrives, but something always shifts in handling. 'Retainer' held its ground well enough; I've seen people buried deeper under a customs claim than any Egyptian servant.