Exulansis Fatigue · a phrase I use for accumulated translation exhaustion.
The cumulative exhaustion associated with repeatedly trying to convey internal experience and paying the cost of translation.
Exulansis is John Koenig’s word from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. I use Exulansis Fatigue to name the accumulation around that experience.
Read the fuller account: Exulansis Fatigue: A Just Right Word.
Begin with the original word: Exulansis.