We are thus invited to believe that perfectly encoding and decoding meanings linguistically, however we are trying, are beyond our means in translation.

• 由此给我们的启示是，在翻译这个涉及作者、译者、读者、原语、目的语等因素的复杂过程中，要把意义完美地凝固在语言上只能是一个知其不可而为之的愿望。