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翻译的困境：当词语找不到对应
Mia works for a small publishing house in Shanghai.
Last month, she had to translate a book about the northern lights.
The writer used one word again and again: "hiraeth." It is a Welsh word for a deep longing for home, mixed with grief.
Mia looked in three dictionaries, but she could not find an English match.
Her editor told her to choose "homesickness," yet Mia knew that word was too simple.
It misses the sadness and the love that hiraeth carries.
She tried "longing for home," but that sounded like a travel advertisement.
In the end, Mia kept the Welsh word and added a short note at the bottom of the page.
Many readers later said the note was their favorite part.
This is the strange truth of translation: some words refuse to travel.
A translator's job is not to build a perfect bridge, but to help readers feel the gap.
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1. What word did the writer use many times in the book?
2. Why did Mia decide to keep the Welsh word in her translation?
3. What does the last sentence suggest about a translator's role?
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