we can truly understand a concept if we would be able to regenerate it from underlying knowledge

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The act of translation also allows you to test and improve your understanding of the idea as you are reconstructing it with the words and concepts you use to look at the world. It moves you a bit closer in the direction of truly internalizing the new concept