{"id":7630,"date":"2004-07-01T16:53:47","date_gmt":"2004-07-01T14:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/07\/01\/how-things-get-lost-in-translations\/"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"how-things-get-lost-in-translations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/07\/01\/how-things-get-lost-in-translations\/","title":{"rendered":"How things get lost in translations"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/20040701-lost_in_translations_logo.gif\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Translating from one language into another is not an easy job.    Translating from one language into another without losing some part of the meaning is an impossible job.  There are few films and stories illustrating these difficulties.  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