I did not realize that when other people learn other languages they are translating the words from the foreign language into their native language forever in their heads. At least, most everyone. When I learn to read a language well enough (and it doesn’t take me long), no more translation. “Jaune” in French for me doesn’t have to be converted to “yellow” anymore for me, for instance. It works just the same as my English “yellow.” It’s directly mapped.

And I guess that has to do with how my mind works in that area, but I legitimately did not know that most people were doing the two-step translation. Explains a lot, though.