How many of us call immigrants transnationals? Probably not many, as the beautiful latin term trans/tranz, replete with potentiality, is being used mostly short for transsexuals or transgenders. It’s true that the original root of the word trans denotes ‘opposite’ or ‘across’ (e.g., transcontinental), or into another state or place (e.g., transonic). In chemistry, trans denotes molecules with opposite arrangements …