Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words

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Otro libro que se va directo a la estantería de "libros-botiquín". La edición es muy muy bonita, de las que esperas que te duren toda la vida. El interior es aún mejor. Es curioso ver la cantidad de palabras que desconocemos y que inventamos para hablar de sensaciones, de acciones, de sentimientos. Palabras y definiciones que lees mientras piensas: sí, sé de lo que hablas... Daniel roars because it’s a message that must be heard today. It’s a message received 2,600 years ago but meant for our time as the end of the ages draws near. Daniel roars forth precision – dates of kingdoms and events that are so precise that critics go into warp speed to disprove the date Daniel wrote them to avoid the only other alternative: Daniel’s God reigns in the affairs of men. however, i swear i once knew a single french word that meant "to be about to collapse," but i can't for the life of me remember what it was, and it is not in this book, either. perhaps one of you cunning linguists know what i'm talking about? Arthur Goldhammer, translator of a volume of Camus’s Combat editorials, calls it “nonsense” to believe that “good translation requires some sort of mystical sympathy between author and translator.” While “mystical” may indeed be a bit of a stretch, it’s hard to look at Camus’s famous first sentence—whether translated by Stuart Gilbert, Joseph Laredo, Kate Griffith, or even, to a lesser degree, Matthew Ward—without thinking that a little more understanding between author and translator may have prevented the text from being colored in ways that Camus never intended. 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!

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When I read Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages, I ended up disappointed because I thought it would be more definite than it was. I guess I was thinking that the world MUST look different in other languages and that particular book was rather ambivalent about it. Partial to Bitcoin? You can beam some bit-love my way: 197usDS6AsL9wDKxtGM6xaWjmR5ejgqem7 CANCEL MONTHLY SUPPORT DJ: I'd like to take that and lay it down with like a hip-hop beat like boom-tish boom-tish know what I mean? Voici un livre illustré très esthétique de mots intraduisibles en anglais. Chaque mot est expliqué et décrit avec de très jolies illustrations. Certains mots sont vraiment très poétiques dont ceux-ci sont mes préférés :Stuart Gilbert, a British scholar and a friend of James Joyce, was the first person to attempt Camus’s “L’Étranger” in English. In 1946, Gilbert translated the book’s title as “The Outsider” and rendered the first line as “Mother died today.” Simple, succinct, and incorrect. 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 Her spiritual and intellectual odyssey continued in college and led her ultimately to New York’s literary world yet still she felt caught between two languages, two cultures. But her perspective also made her a keen observer of an America in the flux of change.

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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. Did you know that the Japanese language has a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees? Or that there’s a Finnish word for the distance a reindeer can travel before needing to rest? Throughout it there are words from a lot of different languages, words that I never imagined existed, both in concept and as a word itself. One hopes, of course, that the meaning of the text, and its impact carries through, despite some of the subtleties being lost. Surely, there is a lot to be gained from translations as well. What we gainSimply fascinating! This book made me think about all the countries I want to visit and all the languages I want to learn. I recommend Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World for those who love words and foreign cultures. Ms. Kawasaki: [ to director, in Japanese] Uh, umm. He's ready now. He just wants to know if he's supposed to turn from the left or turn from the right when the camera rolls. What should I tell him?

Lost in Translation by Ella Frances Sanders: 9781607747109

This book takes just over 50 words from non-English languages that cannot be translated directly into English and explains their meaning to you. As a whisky drinker, I could particularly relate to "sgriob" which is Gaelic for the "peculiar itchiness that settles on the upper lip before taking a sip of whisky". BOKETO n. Gazing vacantly into the distance without really thinking about anything specific. From Japanese, a culture that it is also not a surprise that they have a word for this. Something I love to do!DRACHENFUTTERL: literally, "dragon-fodder." the gift a husband gives his wife when he's trying to make up for bad behavior. Lost in Translation study guide contains a biography of Eva Hoffman, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. For everything that might get lost in the subtleties of meaning and untranslatability of words, we cannot deny that what we gain from translated books is so much more. Translated texts carry across insights from another language, another culture and another way of seeing. A less diplomatic word might have been “stereotypical”. Matsui says he understands some of the criticisms levelled at the film, but also thinks Bill and Charlotte’s night out in Tokyo, orchestrated by Fumihiro “Charlie Brown” Hayashi (who plays himself, the editor of a cult Japanese magazine called Dune), really captures Tokyo in the 00s. “In those scenes you have cameos from Nobuhiko Kitamura, the founder of [fashion brand] Hysteric Glamour, [renowned designer and musician] Hiroshi Fujiwara, Hiromix, gallery owners, artists, surfers… they were all brought together by Charlie, who was so important for the art world because he connected the underground with the mainstream.” will make you think, laugh and discover situations you never knew there was a word for.”– ELLE Canada