TranslationLast year I did a post that listed 20 untranslatable words from other languages.  The post got a lot of attention (mostly thanks to naysayers denying the ‘untranslatable’ label), so I thought I would do a follow-up with more words from around the world. While a debate could linger on about whether or not there…

TranslationEnglish is so limited sometimes. There are so many kickass words in other languages, that describe concepts that we just don’t have one word for in English. And that’s a shame, because sometimes we find ourselves in situations that English just can’t describe. Science fiction and fantasy are full of those sorts of quirky situations…

TranslationLast week I did a repost by Jason Wire on MatadorNetwork listing 20 awesomely untranslatable words from around the world.  Since it garnered so much interest, I wanted to revisit the idea and do a little research to come up with a new list of untranslatable words, this time for English. HERE ARE A FEW…

TranslationThis post is a re-post by Jason Wire on MatadorNetwork On October 9, 2010 There are at least 250,000 words in the English language. However, to think that English – or any language – could hold enough expression to convey the entirety of the human experience is as arrogant of an assumption as it is…