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11 Untranslatable Words From Other Cultures
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“Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill” – words by Buddha.
These are the illustrations of 11 untranslatable words from other cultures which have a precise and profound meaning.
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Waldeinsamkeit
Cualacino
Sobremesa
Jayus
Pana Po’o
Mangata
Iktsuarpok
Komorebi
Pochemuchka
Goya
Depaysement
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Wow, thanks for sharing. I'm a German native speaker, and was just about to comment that the word Waldeinsamkeit did not exist, when a little research revealed that the word refers to what medieval munks were seeking when leaving their noisy cities to seek solitude in the woods ("Waldeinsamkeit"). It advanced to a literary subject during Romanticism. I never knew - again, thanks for broadening my horizon!
Mångata literally translates to moon street.. ;)
im a little confused. if they are untranslatable, how come you translated them?
It's shorthand for "not succinctly translatable".
I'm thinking they mean not translatable to just one word.
untranslatable into one word in another language i think (?)
Those words have been described here. Not translated.
It means these words do not have English counterparts.
Wow, thanks for sharing. I'm a German native speaker, and was just about to comment that the word Waldeinsamkeit did not exist, when a little research revealed that the word refers to what medieval munks were seeking when leaving their noisy cities to seek solitude in the woods ("Waldeinsamkeit"). It advanced to a literary subject during Romanticism. I never knew - again, thanks for broadening my horizon!
Mångata literally translates to moon street.. ;)
im a little confused. if they are untranslatable, how come you translated them?
It's shorthand for "not succinctly translatable".
I'm thinking they mean not translatable to just one word.
untranslatable into one word in another language i think (?)
Those words have been described here. Not translated.
It means these words do not have English counterparts.