The Poetry of Translation

Our Georgian guide used English words in expressions that were much more poetic than similar phrases in English. For example, instead of describing the sound of the river, he said how nice it was to hear the voice of the river. If you needed to relieve yourself in the woods, he called that using nature. He also described many Georgian drivers as driving like they had potatoes in the car instead of people. It didn’t matter how much they bounced around.