A careful translation admits when two worlds do not fit word for word.

An honest translation sometimes has to say that a word has no equivalent, or that the closest option carries associations the original did not. Pretending otherwise produces something smooth and slightly false. Admitting the gap gives the reader more, not less.

The same holds anywhere you are carrying meaning between contexts, explaining one team’s work to another, describing your background to someone with a very different one. Saying that this does not map cleanly is more useful than a tidy approximation, and it invites the question that closes the gap.