Lost in Translation

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An artistic collection of 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 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 Lost in Translation brings to life than fifty words that don t have direct English translations with charming illustrations of their tender, poignant, and humorous definitions Often these words provide insight into the cultures they come from, such as the Brazilian Portuguese word for running your fingers through a lover s hair, the Italian word for being moved to tears by a story, or the Swedish word for a third cup of coffee In this clever and beautifully rendered exploration of the subtleties of communication, you ll find new ways to express yourself while getting lost in the artistry of imperfect translation. Read Lost in Translation – kino-fada.fr Luftmensch Yiddish refers to someone who is a bit of a dreamer and literally means air person Or your head is in the clouds and you are not coming down anytime soon For someone with a linguistic education background me , this is a very interesting and also fun book I know all about the hardships of untranslatable words b...GURFA Arabic The amount of water that can be held in one hand. ah, the rich tapestry of language i love the inspiration of compiling a book like this it provides a fascinating, if superficial, look let s call it a glance at some of the values of different cultures and the experiences in life in distant lands the things feelings one part of the world has identified as necessary to communicate that other languages lack, the ineffable whatness that makes up a zeitgeist oh like zeitgei GURFA Arabic The amount of water that can be held in one hand. ah, the rich tapestry of language i love the inspiration of compiling a book like this it provides a fascinating, if superficial, look let s call it a glance at some of the values of different cultures and the experiences in life in distant lands the things feelings one part of the world has identified as necessary to communicate that other languag...This is one of the prettiest books I ve ever read seen.A dictionary of untranslatable words, this book beautifully and brilliantly brings together two elements 1 it offers up super interesting words you never knew you wanted to be able to say i... Lost in Translation is a slim volume of doodles with accompanying definitions of untranslatable words from many languages around the globe It s a treat.There are words for feelings that I m certain everyone has experienced we just lacked the language to describe it appropriately.This book showed me how universal emotions and perceptions can be and the difficulty of capturing the indescribable in words.But we ve certainly given it a good try.I liked the words that described fleeting moments o Lost in Translation is a slim volume of doodles with accompanying definitions of untranslatable words from many languages around the globe It s a treat.There are words for feelings that I m certain everyone has experienced we just lacked the language to describe it appropriately.This book showed me how universal emotions and perceptions can be and the difficulty of capturing the indescribable in words.But we ve certainly given it a good try.I liked the words that described fleeting moments of beauty in nature the most All of the following are from Lost in Translation but the pages...Wonderful book about language and the words we invent to convey meaning My favorite word in this book Kabelsalat German for Cable Salad the mass of wires that connect everything in our homes and offices.The words in this book may be answers to questions you didn t even know to ask, and perhaps some you did They might pinpoint emotions and experiences that seemed elusive and indescribable, or they may cause you to remember a person you d long forgotten After having read and loved The Illustrated Book of Sayings earlier this month, I was beyond ecstatic to pick this book up.Lost in Translation brings to lifethan fifty words that don t have direct English translations with charming illustThe words in this book may be answers to questions you didn t even know to ask, an...While the general set up of Ella Frances Sanders Lost in Translation is most definitely much easier and as such considerably less of a strain on the eyes or at least on my ageing eyes and therefore already format wise exponentially better and massively superior to her oh so personally frustrating and annoying for me The Illustrated Book of Sayings, and although this was indeed a rather entertaining and diverting way to spend a half hour or so, there are still far too many niggling little issu While the general set up of Ella Frances Sanders Lost in Translation is most definitely much easier and as su...Loved this, it was really fascinating I wish it d been longer though, I finished it in less than half an hour and was left wantingI m sure there must be thousands of words in the world that are untranslatable in English, why only pick fifty The words that were showcased were interesting, some of them had rather beautiful and poignant meanings behind them, other words were a tad bonkers like the word for how long it took to eat a banana, I kind of loved it though.Loved the illustration Loved this, it was really fascinating I wish it d been longer though, I finished it in less than half an hour and was left wantingI m sure there must be thousands of words in the world that are untranslatable in English, why only pick fifty The words that were showcased were interesting, some of them had rather beautiful and poignant meanings behind them, other words were a tad bonkers like the word for how long it took to eat a banana, I kind of loved it though.Loved the illustration...book 1 of 2016Italian review frannie pan s dreamcatcherI ll be honest when I decided to buy and start this little book, I thought it was going to be a nice little something, a collection of weird and interesting words that I would have forgotten the minute after I read them but that it would have been fun to read, a pleasant and entertaining way to spend a couple of hours.And it was But it was also so much .I think my whole reading experience was influenced by a sentence the author wrot book 1 of 2016Italian review frannie pan s dreamcatcherI ll be honest when I decided to buy and start this little book, I thought it was going to be a nice little something, a collection of weird and interesting words that I would have forgotten the minute after I read them but that it would have been fun to read, a pleasant and entertaining way to spend a couple of hours.And it was But it was also so much .I think my whole reading experience was influenced by a sentence the author wrote in her introduction to the compendium If I hadn t well, I would have probably dismissed this book as I was already doing when I first picked it up Instead her words hit me straight in the chest and radically changed everything If you take something from this book, other than some brilliant conversation starters, let it be the realization that you are human, that you are fundamentally, intrinsically bound to every single person on the planet with language and feelings As much as we ...I was lucky enough to be able to borrow Ella Frances Sanders Lost in Translation, from my local library I received a copy of Speaking in Tongues for Christmas, and loved it, so my hopes were high for her debut Yes, I clearly like reading books by this particular author out of their original publication order Lost in Translation is a wonderful compendium of untranslateable words and phrases which have no equivalent in English.Sanders introduction to Lost in Translation is lovely in though I was lucky enough to be able to borrow Ella Frances Sanders Lost in Translation, from my local library I received a copy of Speaking in Tongues for Christmas, and loved it, so my hopes were high for her debut Yes, I clearly like reading books by this particular author out of their original publication order Lost in Translation is a wonderful compendium of untranslateable words and phrases which have no equivalent in English.Sanders introduction to Lost in Translation is lovely in thoughtful and well written prose, the author highlights just how important different concepts are in cultures other than the British She clearly ha...

Lost in Translation
  • English
  • 01 July 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 112 pages
  • 1607747103
  • Ella Frances Sanders
  • Lost in Translation