> Phrases have properties other than their literal meaning. These can be both important to an author's intent, and hard to get across; Personally I prefer foot

> Phrases have properties other than their literal meaning. These can be both important to an author's intent, and hard to get across; Personally I prefer footnotes in those situations. I'd rather have a few sentences that explain the nuance an author was trying to convey with their word choice that a native speaker would have picked up on rather than have a phrase thrown out entirely and replaced with some alternative localization that might be familiar in an effort to try to capture the same "feel" but barely comes close to what was actually said (if you're lucky).