The Power of “Untranslatable” Words
Filed under: Education, Interpretation, Learning a New Language, Market Research, Translation
Occasionally even the best translators come across of “untranslatable” words that make them stumble and think looking for the right equivalent in the target language. What are these so called “untranslatable” words? We are used to hearing about idioms that loose their meaning when transposed word per word into another language. Now it’s time to uncover the meaning of these illusive, hard to grasp words even though the part of the essence of the word is lost as it crosses from one language to another. Read more