思维創造語言,語言以反作用力塑造思維。借用佛法"分别心"與"無分别心''的概念,英语長於表達前者,中文長於表達後者。
Sprituality is with the later, the non-distinguishing mind.
Intellectuality is with the former, the distinguishing mind.
It is very hard to translate 陶淵明、李白、海子 into English precisely due to their quality of non-distinguishing oneness.
But I also find it difficult to read mathematical materials in the Chinese texts. They always seem to suggest something that isn't really there.