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Those of you who translate, what is your philosophy/practice? What do you focus on the most?

Can anyone recommend translations from any language that reproduce the aesthetic, and especially sonic, effects of the original poem?

Technical details aside, double-meanings appear in poetry in every language, of course. Can anyone recommend translations that manage to reproduce, either directly or by other means, double-meanings of the original?

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