I think the part about translation is really important. Languages are extremely complex and translation, in the words of Umberto Eco, is "the art of failure". We will never get the exact meaning. Language is an unwieldy tool. We must work as hard as we can to take into account cultural, historical, and syntactical aspects of both languages to get close to a meaning that gives respect to the original text. This is why most translations of religious texts ultimately fail. They are vested in a specific perspective. Most translations of Chinese texts, for example, were translated by Jesuit missionaries with a vested interest in converting Chinese people to Catholicism. We have to attempt to be unbiased in our translations, despite that being ultimately a task that we all ultimately fail at.