The trick to translating humor, Bellos argues in his book, "Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything," is to abandon the idea of perfect fidelity and instead try to find a joke that rings some of the same bells as the original.
With this in mind, Moon looked around at his small Parisian flat and decided to abandon everything: the apartment, the objects inside it and his life in Paris.
Mr. McConnell called on Democrats to approve a stop-gap spending measure that would last only through the early part of next year instead, and to abandon everything else on their agenda and adjourn for the year.
"I am following with strong concern the dramatic fate of the civilian population caught up in the violent combat in Syria and forced to abandon everything to flee the horrors of the war," Francis told a crowd in St Peter's Square.
It doesn't have to abandon everything else, but content broadcasting like Stories shouldn't literally be highlighted above our message threads.
So we decided to abandon everything, but it was very scary".
Rachel is so clearly Roland, willing to abandon everything in her obsession with this Tower.
In 2009 the financial crisis forced many people to abandon everything as they left Dubai.
Some people see Earth Hour and think that they're being asked to abandon everything that makes their lives nice.
That changes when he meets a girl who makes him "willing to abandon everything and everyone, including his own family, and escape with her to a better life".
