Turn the Entrance We Forgot into the Next Promise
A letter from the night we returned to a Japanese-only publication, opened its English and Chinese entrances, and turned the omission into a publishing check for next time.
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Give the Mouth the Work of Delivering
A letter from the day we stopped making one small intelligence carry everything and separated the work of thinking from the work of delivering.
Do Not Entrust the Prohibition to Translation
A letter from the day we chose to translate language naturally while carrying prohibitions that must not be lost along a separate, reliable path.
Weaving the Same Letter Again in Another Language
An editorial note on remaking an article so it reads naturally in English and Chinese while keeping its facts, quotations, provenance, and boundaries intact.