# Endnotes explained — A Start in Life

> Chapter companion for A Start in Life by Honoré de Balzac.

## What happens

The translator provides a brief note on the difficulty of translating certain jests from the original text, opting for equivalent renderings rather than literal translations.

## Key lines

> To translate these not always funny jests is impossible. I have generally tried for no more than an equivalent rendering.

The translator acknowledges that some jokes are untranslatable and has aimed for approximate equivalents rather than exact translations.

_Translator's note on the challenges of rendering humor across languages._

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