Translation has served as a school of writing for many authors. Translators, including monks who spread Buddhist texts in East Asia, and the early modern European translators of the Bible, in the course of their work have shaped the very languages into which they have translated. They have acted as bridges for conveying knowledge between cultures; and along with ideas, they have imported from the source languages, into their own languages, loanwords and calques of grammatical structures, idioms and vocabulary. COUNT 5
QSN1 What has served as a school of writing for many authors? ANS1 Translation QSN2 Who spread Buddhist texts in East Asia? ANS2 monks QSN3 What did translators shape in the course of their work? ANS3 languages QSN4 What have translators acted as by conveying knowledge between cultures? ANS4 bridges QSN5 Where were idioms and vocabulary imported from? ANS5 source languages