“A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible.”
George Orwell, “Politics and the English language”, 1945.
“Un hombre se puede poner a beber porque se siente un fracasado, y luego fracasar del todo, justo porque bebe. Está pasando un poco lo mismo con la lengua inglesa. Se está haciendo fea e imprecisa porque pensamos tonterías, pero descuidar nuestro lenguaje favorece que pensemos tonterías. La cuestión es que este proceso se puede invertir”.