"Bilinguals don't translate from 1 language to another... based on which language they are using." Absolutely agree! I keep telling my friends (who are forever

"Bilinguals don't translate from 1 language to another... based on which language they are using." Absolutely agree! I keep telling my friends (who are forever translating between English and their native tongues) and my father (who is a professional translator) that it is not always possible to translate accurately because languages are deeply rooted in the culture/habits of the people who use them. I'm bilingual and I find that sentences spring to my mind in the language that I've been using in the last week. I speak my native tongue in my parents' home and English everywhere else. I stay for a week in my parents' home once every four months. However, sentences do not always spring to my mind. I think more in images and senses than in language.