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benlehman at 04:27pm on 30/12/2003
benlehman at 04:27pm on 30/12/2003re•flect
From the latin Re + Flectere, to bend.
The teacher's flections are not to be underestimated.
Or are they teachers at all? I have always disliked the parallels of my translations with academia. Flectors?
Genuflect. Same root.
Yes. Definitely Flectors.
I claim this as evidence that translation is more a matter of knowing one's own language than knowing the source's words.
From the latin Re + Flectere, to bend.
The teacher's flections are not to be underestimated.
Or are they teachers at all? I have always disliked the parallels of my translations with academia. Flectors?
Genuflect. Same root.
Yes. Definitely Flectors.
I claim this as evidence that translation is more a matter of knowing one's own language than knowing the source's words.
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