One of the trickiest verbs to translate is 'to look'. It’s a word that often flags up a missed opportunity to describe more precisely what a character is doing and feeling, using alternative words that give the reader (and director and actors) more practical information. Mostly, ‘looks at’ isn’t specific enough to tell the actor what’s going on. But there are lots of ways to describe more precisely how and why a character is looking the way they do. For example, there are lot