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'The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote that "if a lion could speak our
language, we could not understand it." In other words, because we do not have a
shared experience and worldview, its words would lack any context allowing us
to interpret them¹.
We need an insight into the cultural milieu of the speaker so as to properly
catch the meaning.
To which a translator might uncharitably reply "Dude, it took you thirty years
at Cambridge Uni to realise that? Slow learner, huh?"'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
