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“Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe.”

Wells Littles Done Would Be America Pay Attention Economy Europe Reputation Latin Engines Emerging Latin America Global Economy Colombia Emerging Economies

Author:Juan Manuel Santos

“A morning sunne, and a wine-bred child, and a latin-bred woman, seldome end well.”

Wells Children Ends Morning Wine Latin

Book:The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose

Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose

“It is almost impossible to translate verbally and well at the same time; for the Latin (a most severe and compendious language) often expresses that in one word which either the barbarity or the narrowness of modern tongues cannot supply in more. ...But since every language is so full of its own proprieties that what is beautiful in one is often barbarous, nay, sometimes nonsense, in another, it would be unreasonable to limit a translator to the narrow compass of his author's words; it is enough if he choose out some expression which does not vitiate the sense.”