I thought the &quot;problem&quot; with Nightfall is not that Asimov used &quot;human&quot; words instead of &quot;Alien words&quot;, rather that there seemed to be almost one-to-one correspondence between the Earthly things and Kalgash. Kalgashians act exactly the same as humans on Earth(or rather 50s Earth) and have a concept of newspaper :)<p>&gt; If you prefer, you can imagine that the text reads &quot;vorks&quot; wherever it says &quot;miles,&quot; &quot;gliizbiiz&quot; wherever it says &quot;hours,&quot; and &quot;sleshtraps&quot; where it says &quot;eyes.&quot; Or you can make up your own terms. Vorks or miles, it will make no difference when the Stars come out.<p>That reminds me of &quot;How Things Are Made&quot; from Rick and Morty:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=eMJk4y9NGvE" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=eMJk4y9NGvE</a>