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I also wonder if the author had non-English origins of words in mind.

Ex., to how many people is it useful to convert アルバイト from "arubaito" to "Arbeit", especially when the Japanese word has a different connotation to the German (part-time work vs occupation)

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Or if it's a word where the source language doesn't use the Latin Alphabet. I have low confidence in the accuracy of a Tamil ---> Katakana ---> English conversion.

Another example of loan word not meaning the same thing as the original word: ズボン means trousers, comes from the French jupon, which means... underskirt.

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