David Bellos, Arthur Goldhammer, and Lydia Davis on Translation : The New Yorker.
Mastery of a foreign language has been a required skill in every Western civilization since time immemorial. Columbus, Descartes, Newton, Euler—find me an important Western thinker in any field, and you’ll find someone who spoke and wrote in at least two languages. Why should we think of abandoning the fountainhead of Western culture? – David Bellos
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