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-An **equal** translation communicates any expressive meaning from the source language in an equal way in the target language. Especially notice the forms in the source text that communicate certain kinds of emotions and choose forms in the target language that communicate the same emotions. Examples of some of these forms follow.
+An **equal** translation communicates the same expressive or emotional meaning as is in the source language text. Sometimes people use figures of speech and poetry to communicate ideas and emotions. Translators may need to use different figures of speech or forms of poetry to express the same ideas and emotions. Examples of some of these forms follow.
 
 #### Idioms