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30UntranslatableWords FromOther LanguagesIllustrated ByAnjana Iyer
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When something is “lost in translation,” itcould have been due to a simple mistake ordue to the fact that one language was notquite able to capture the essence of a word’smeaning in another language. [Read more...]
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10. Shlimazl(Yiddish)
11. Rire dans sa barbe(French)
12. Waldeinsamkeit(German)
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25. Age-otori(Japanese)
26. Chai-Pani (Hindi)
27. Won (Korean)
28. Tokka (Finnish)
29. Schadenfreude(German)
30. Wabi-Sabi(Japanese)
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ANY word in other languages for the threesynonyms in German:Klugscheißer=Besserwisser=Korintenkacker. A person who always knows it better?
Sabelotodo (spanish)
Všeználek (czech)
Betweter (Dutch)
Know-it-all (English)
sveznalica (Croatian) - meansexactly the same
Okoska (hungarian) :)
okostojás:) auf Ungarisch"Klug-ei" auf Deutsch
betweter or beterweter (dutch)
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Всезнайка (wseznaika) in Russian :)
Keminter (javanese)
Kaikkitietävä (Finnish)
Swedish have borrowed the germanword into its vocubualry.
Un p'tit Joe-connaissant. Faire sonp'tit Joe-connaissant. (QuebecFrench)
#6 in English is butterface. As in,everything looks good, but her face.
Chai-pani (hindi) has so many translationsin Italian: pizzo, tangente, bustarella... Inthe other half of the world: Baksheesh
In Indonesian we call it sogokan oruang suap
#18 we call a Titsipritzel (Hill countryTexas)
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Dépaysement (french): the feeling ofsomething important is missing when youare not in your born-country
Shlimazl = Pechvogel Proznovit =Anklingeln Gattara = Crazy cat lady Friolero= Frostbeule Chai-piani = Schmiergeld Allgerman save Gattara.
need a word which deqnes performing artsand qne arts together in French , Germanand English please.
Gezellig (Dutch) is untranslatable.Although it's a lot like the Danish hyggelig.
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Neil A Batchelor · Fort Collins, ColoradoYou forgot one of the best words out there, Saudade from Portuguese: desiring for something you can't get back.Reply · Like · · Follow Post · May 12, 2014 at 10:50pm95
Nidi Tapoulal · · Imperial College Londonthe REAL "missing someone/thing". Also friolero exists in portuguese too: friorento(and the opposite calorento)Reply · Like · · May 13, 2014 at 2:39am
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Monstruo Prometedor · Fotografía y MontajeIn spanish 'Nostalgia' works for 'Saudade'Reply · Like · · May 13, 2014 at 4:11am4
Dimitri Karhu · University of Texas School of LawI think the English equivalent would be "pine"?Reply · Like · · May 13, 2014 at 8:13am22
Drey Mitchell · Owner at DVERSITY6 in english slang is called "Butherface"18 would be "Frileux" in French Québécoisand 11 sucks, "Rire dans sa barbe" is not a word, it's an expression.Reply · Like · · Follow Post · May 12, 2014 at 10:52pm
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Cristina Loche · Top Commenter · Università Di TorinoTrue. In Italy is "Ridere sotto i baffi".Reply · Like · · May 12, 2014 at 11:24pm14
Hege Berentsen · Bergen, HordalandIn Norwegian we have an expression for "rire dans sa barbe", We say "humre iskjegget".Reply · Like · · May 13, 2014 at 12:28am12
Diana Cirt · Universitatea de medicina si farmacie "Iuliu Hatieganu" Cluj Napocayes,in romanion tooReply · Like · · May 13, 2014 at 11:23am7
Rachel Veldhuizen · Owner at LunarpearlWhat about Gezellig in Dutch: A cozy, enjoyable feeling in a certain environment or with otherpeople.Reply · Like · · Follow Post · May 13, 2014 at 8:39am
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Jakob Irgendeinnachname · Top Commenter · Works at Same words exists in German, just with s instead of zReply · Like · · May 13, 2014 at 4:09pm7
Audrey Elena Tigaran · Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz Schoolwe call it hygge in Danish :)Reply · Like · · May 13, 2014 at 5:41pm6
Sonique Pospíšilová · Prague, Czech RepublicPohoda in Czech. So looks only English doesn't have an equivalent:pReply · Like · · May 13, 2014 at 9:45pm8
Plamen Kalchev · Junior System Administrator at 26. Chai-Pani (Hindi) .... uuuhm... "bribe"?!Reply · Like · · Follow Post · May 12, 2014 at 10:53pm24
Cecilia Aslan · Buenos Aires, ArgentinaCoima, cometa, en español
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Coima, cometa, en españolReply · Like · May 13, 2014 at 9:47pm
Zsuzsanna Szemesné Németh · Top Commenter · Németh Zsuzsanna egyéni vállalkozóWhat's so special about this? I'd translate it into Hungarian as "kenőpénz" (literally'smearing money'). "Schmiergeld" in German?Reply · Like · · May 13, 2014 at 10:22pm1
Hajnalka Tóth · Top CommenterZsuzsanna Szemesné Németh We have words almost to everything.:)Reply · Like · · May 14, 2014 at 2:44am2
Tård ØksnesThe finnish word for ''I wonder if I should run around aimlessly?'' is ''juoksentelisinkohan?'Reply · Like · · Follow Post · May 12, 2014 at 10:49pm23
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