The gods travel together with their worshippers; this is an undeniable fact. They appear far away from their original place of worship in foreign contexts among people who do not share the same linguistic, cultural, and religious backgrounds.

Secondo U. Eco (in Dire quasi la stessa cosa. Esperienze di traduzione), ogni traduzione apre a “mondi possibili”…

In an imperial context, regardless of the nuances in the exercise of imperial power, multilingualism is not an exception but a structural condition.