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Found in the Western Cape Region, South Africa. "Meaning is not a readymade portable thing that can be ‚carried over‘ the divide. The translator is obliged to construct meaning in the source language and then to figure and fashion it a second time round in the materials of the language into which he or she is rendering it." Maharaj, S. 1994. Perfidious Fidelity: The Untranslatability of the Other. In: Kala Press in association with the Institute of International Visual Arts ed. Global visions: towards a new internationalism in the visual arts. London. 301.