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On Sun, 7 Dec 2025 20:23:45 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> My nephew is completely bi lingual. and I asked him whether he read Kant
> in the German.
> 'No' he said ' the English translations are clearer.'

At least to the English mind. Another philosopher you love to hate, 
Heidegger, questioned if Greek can really be translated. Certainly his 
German can't be translated. 'Standing-reserve'? Sometimes I think I sort 
of get the gist of 'The Question Concerning Technology' but then I wonder 
if I sort of understand what the translator thought he was saying.