Translation: an impossible art?

When you learn French at school, two of the first words you learn are tu and vous. In English both have the same translation – “you”. This may well be the first time you are made aware that a word in one language has more than one translation in another.

 
                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                             

 
                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                             

 
                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                             

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