Translating the Untranslatable

Vastustaa, olla taipumatta

To resist (any tidy equivalent)

Siirtää, kantaa toiselle kielelle

To carry a word into another tongue

Vaivata, kummitella, jäädä kaivelemaan

To haunt (literature for centuries)

1. What is the writer's main argument in the text? — That translation loses something real, yet remains a worthwhile and even creative bridge
2. According to the text, why can information be translated with "very little damage"? — Because the meaning that matters is plain and countable
3. What does the writer say a translator of a rhyming poem is forced to do? — Give up either the rhyme or the sense, since both cannot be kept