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[120]. Passage: Translation is not copying words; it is carrying meaning across languages. A good translator keeps the sense, the tone, and sometimes even the rhythm, while accepting that some jokes, proverbs, and sounds cannot travel exactly. The test of a translation is not word-for-word sameness but whether a new reader feels a similar force. Some things cannot travel exactly, such as:

1.
Jokes, proverbs and sounds
2.
All nouns
3.
All verbs
4.
All names
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Option 1 : Jokes, proverbs and sounds

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सही उत्तर Jokes, proverbs and sounds है।

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Jokes/proverbs/sounds are examples.

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[120]. Passage: Translation is not copying words; it is carrying meaning across languages. A good translator keeps the sense, the tone, and sometimes even the rhythm, while accepting that some jokes, proverbs, and sounds cannot travel exactly. The test of a translation is not word-for-word sameness but whether a new reader feels a similar force. Some things cannot travel exactly, such as:

1.
Jokes, proverbs and sounds
2.
All nouns
3.
All verbs
4.
All names

Correct Answer: Jokes, proverbs and sounds

Jokes/proverbs/sounds are examples.

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