This is why translated poetry is so often described as a different poem inspired by the original rather than a faithful copy of it. 2. A translator…

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1. This is why translated poetry is so often described as a different poem inspired by the original rather than a faithful copy of it.
2. A translator, faced with this impossibility, must instead choose which qualities to preserve and which to sacrifice.
3. Every language encodes meaning through a distinct combination of sound, rhythm, connotation, and syntax that rarely has an exact counterpart in any other language.
4. Because these choices vary from translator to translator, no two translations of the same poem are ever quite the same, even when both are considered excellent.