Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, …
The English made regular use of only two flavours – salty and not salty – and did not seem to recognize any of the others.
— Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang
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@Tak@reading.taks.garden I laughed so hard at that part, thank you for the reminder!
@Tak@reading.taks.garden The line right after that plays along nicely. "For a country that profited so well from trading in spices, its citizens were violently averse to actually using them"
@Tak@reading.taks.garden @whami@bookwyrm.social That was my favourite of the little barbs in the book.
