translate English to French: [3] Since every word of a particular language expresses its unique spirit, there is no likelihood of finding an adequate match in another language. In order to achieve a good translation in spite of this impossibility, therefore, the translator must possess a special virtue.
Ainsi, Wilhelm von Humboldt, le fondateur de la théorie traditionnelle, romantique, de la traduction, liait précisément la fonction sociale et politique de la traduction linguistique à son impossibilité fondamentale 4 .