Lost in Translation An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World
Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World by Ella Frances Sanders is a captivating exploration of language published by Square Peg on November 6, 2014. This edition features 112 pages filled with beautiful ink illustrations that bring to life the nuanced beauty of words that cannot be directly translated into English.
Readers will discover a diverse collection of 50 unique words and their definitions, ranging from the lovely to the humorous. The book highlights terms like the Japanese word for sunlight filtering through leaves and the Swedish expression for a traveler’s anticipation before a trip. Through this illustrated compendium, readers can appreciate the intricate connections between language and culture, as well as the delightful surprises that come with untranslatable words.
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Did you know that the Japanese have a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees? Or that there’s a Swedish word that means a traveller’s particular sense of anticipation before a trip? Lost in Translation brings the nuanced beauty of language to life with 50 beautiful ink illustrations. The words and definitions range from the lovely, such as goya, the Urdu word to describe the transporting suspension of belief that can occur in good storytelling, to the funny, like the Hawaiian pana po’o, which describes the act of scratching your head to remember something you’ve forgotten. This is a collection is full of surprises that will make you savour the wonderful, elusive, untranslatable words that make up a language.
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