Well, One Of The Things I Discovered

One Does, After All, Take On Many Of The Givens Of A Society When One Takes On Its Language.

Peron Had A Wise Saying. In Politics, You Can Recover From Anything Except Looking Like A Fool.

What I Wonder Is What Would Happen In California, Say, If All The Mexicans Left From One Day To The Next?

Talking In One Language And Talking In Another, I Think Inevitably, Produce Two Different Personalities, As Far As I've Seen In Other People. I Assume It Does The Same For Me.

The Best Translators Slip Into The Glove Of A Text And Then Turn It Inside Out Into Another Language, And The Whole Thing Comes Out Looking Like A Brand-new Glove Again. I'm Completely In Awe Of This Skill, Since I Happen To Be Both Bilingual And A Writer, But Nevertheless A Lousy Translator.