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Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words

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We're all connected to each other in ways that go beyond our limited understanding but words, languages, the ability itself of communicating are a complex but accessible tool that we were gifted and that should never stop astounding us.

Lost in Translation by Nicole Mones: 9780385319447 Lost in Translation by Nicole Mones: 9780385319447

The words in this book may be answers to questions you didn’t know to ask, and perhaps some you did. They might pinpoint emotions and experiences that seemed elusive or indescribable, or they may cause you to remember a person you’d forgotten. If you take something away from this book … let it be the realization or affirmation that you are human, that you are fundamentally, intrinsically bound to every single person on the planet with language and feelings. Swedish, verb Portuguese, noun Tagalog, noun Italian, verb Yiddish, noun Swedish, noun Lost in Translation brings to life more than fifty words that don’t have direct English translations with charming illustrations of their tender, poignant, and humorous definitions. This little gem made me want to look for a more comprehensive book of words that don't translate to English. It also made me wonder if we have words in English that don't translate to a single word in some other languages.From the author of Eating the Sun, an artistic collection of more than 50 drawings featuring unique, funny, and poignant foreign words that have no direct translation into English Did you know that the Japanese language has a word toexpress the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees? Or that there’s a Finnish word for the distance a reindeercan travel before needing to rest? I love this type of book. Between the covers of this book are words in other languages that are not easily translatable. Unlike most introductions, this one is poetic in and of itself and well worth the read. The illustrations are dreamlike and haunting in a way. It's a huge cruel illusion, because at the end of the day we're all humans and we're all made of the same stuff. Probably not every single person went through the same exact thing, but someone else out there has and they gave a name to it in their language and that can only mean we're not alone! Such beautifully elusive words is what writer and illustrator Ella Frances Sanders, a self-described “intentional” global nomad, explores in Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World ( public library), published shortly before Sanders turned twenty-one. Norwegian, noun Japanese, noun

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Hoffman ended up giving up her goal of becoming a concert pianist and instead moved to the U.S. to study English literature at Rice University in Houston. She also studied at Yale School of Music and Harvard, and eventually earned her Ph.D. in English and American literature at the latter.YA'ABURNEE (Arabic): Meaning "you bury me," a beautifully morbid declaration of one's hope that they will die before another person, as it would be too difficult living without them.

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