"Chemicals class?", A teacher walks in snidely looking at the class, "This is not a matchmaking class! This is a class in which chemicals will be the only things combining! So no hand holding! Kissing, winking or other wise! "
That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands. — Ramy (Babel by R. F. Kuang)