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“If you simply copy and paste instant translations, you only end up with meaningless and contextless junk, which has no relation to the culture and the people.”

Book:World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

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“Everyone deserves to have someone fight for them, even--and especially--when they're unable to fight for themselves. You did that for me, once. You fought for me, saved my life, and I've hated you every day since because it meant that I then had to make the same choice: to fight, and to keep fighting, day after day. And that's hard. It's exhausting and it's painful and it hurts. But I eventually realized that it's also a part of life, and it will all be worth it one day. I have to believe that--for me, and for you.”

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Book:The Blood Traitor

Source: The Blood Traitor

“One broken second language is far more valuable than all the mass-produced subtitles.”

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Book:Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

Source: Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“Speaking more than one language delays age-related cognitive decline.”

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Book:Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

Source: Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“Until we develop the brain technology to communicate meaning telepathically without talking, no amount of translation can carry the warmth, nuances and sentiment of a lived language.”

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Book:Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

Source: Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“I grew up speaking two languages, mother tongue and national tongue, then in my late teens I assimilated English from pirated dvds of American movies; soon after I absorbed another language, from the South of India, again from movies. Years later when I started writing and got WiFi, that's when an entire new horizon opened up. This time I found myself drawn to Turkish and Spanish, which became second languages in the canon, after my first English. I don't describe, I embody - I don't study a culture, I disappear into the culture.”

Integration Advaita Multiculturalism Polyglot Languages And Culture Cultural Studies Multilingualism Bilingual Bilingualism Polyglot Poet

Book:Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

Source: Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“How will you know if you can speak another language? If you can curse someone on impulse without memorizing, you got the language in your gut. If you can console someone in pain, the language nestles in your heart.”

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Book:Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

Source: Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Forget grammar, forget vocabulary, let the language seep into your bloodstream. In a world infested with medal-seeking mules, stand odd, stand ablaze, a drunken pilgrim.”

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Book:Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

Source: Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

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