Writing about medical issues is often depressing. What we talk about most often are subjects like disease, human suffering, and death, not pleasant topics at all. And yet for us as clinicians there is much that is worth feeling good about. Starting my career, a young man came to our hospital’s surgical clinic complaining of severe pain in his nether regions. He had suffered mightily for days and finally when he could not take it anymore he overcame his embarrassment and turned up for treatment. All that needed to be done was a swab and a spritz of antiseptic paint, a spray of local anesthesia and a quick ‘cruciate’ (cross like) incision with a lancet. The infection was let out and with it the pain. In about five minutes, a smiling patient was thanking us profusely with a smile that literally ran from ear to ear. Regarding translation, it is a great feeling to know that I could be the person between the doctors and the poor people who have so many questions and who need to understand what is going on, which can not only be translated into letters and words but also into lovely smiles on suffering faces. It is the turning point since when I decided with great honor not only to practice but also to spread medical sciences among the different cultures.  Because decoding a message and conveying it in another language is challenging and the results will be extremely rewarding for the patient. Bringing medicine into the recipe makes my job all the more fascinating.