It is a real shame that the average student can only learn a handful of languages in depth, some of which, in truth, he may never learn sufficiently. And then one depends on translations which, as a rule, hide qualities of the original. The most unfortunate thing is that one cannot grasp the beautiful particularities of distant languages, which would completely alter one’s understanding of their works. Sometimes, quite happily, a translation provides glimpses of such particularities; and, having grasped them, we are left with the sad feeling that, in this life, it will not be possible to get to know them better…