This reminds me of the Polish dictionary parable, where one guy must translate a letter written in Polish to English. He knows strictly no Polish, but ... he h

This reminds me of the Polish dictionary parable, where one guy must translate a letter written in Polish to English. He knows strictly no Polish, but ... he has a Polish dictionary. Not a Polish to English dictionary, mind you ... a Polish to Polish dictionary. Historical, religious, scientific, political context carries a ton of unspoken information, and when you try to read a text without the context ...