"Translation in the direction
conceptual -> concrete and symbolic
is much easier than
translation in the reverse direction…."
— The late William P. Thurston
(See also "Atlas to the Text," Harvard Crimson , March 8, 2011).
Related cinematic imagery
Conceptual (thanks to Don DeLillo and The New York Times )—
Concrete and symbolic (thanks to Amy Adams and Emily Blunt, as well as
Frederick Seidel in the September 3, 2012, New Yorker )—
"Biddies still cleaned the student rooms."
