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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 2856060, member: 74968&quot;]I have taught this method for years. Understanding the context really is the best way to a decent translation. Translation will always be difficult because one is not merely translating words, one is trying to translate thoughts and ideas. Each culture has its own way of expressing thoughts and ideas in language. One cannot separate the language from its culture. Understanding that is another step towards a reasonable translation. Consider the word &quot;foreigner&quot;. In North America it generally means someone who is not from here. However, its equivalent in French &quot;etranger&quot; literally means &quot;foreigner&quot;. It goes much further than that though. We cannot think of &quot;etranger&quot; without thinking of stranger. So in English we associate strange with foreign when translating. Is this the intended sense of the word? Yes, in some cases, and no in others. One must also recognize that words that look similar may have different meanings. For example &quot;estranger&quot; is comparable to &quot;estranged&quot; in English, that is removed from affection or closeness in some way. Since a &quot;foreigner&quot; comes from outside he or she may be both &quot;stranger&quot; and &quot;estranger&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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