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Definition of untranslatable in English: untranslatableadjectiveˌʌntranzˈleɪtəb(ə)lˌʌntransˈleɪtəb(ə)l (of a word, phrase, or text) not able to have its sense expressed in another language. （词语，短语，文章）不能翻译的，无法翻译的 an untranslatable German pun 一个无法翻译的德语双关语。 Example sentencesExamples - They should remember one of Germany's untranslatable gifts to the English language: schadenfreude.
- Elsewhere, as when she remarks in a section on language that ‘human rights’ is a concept untranslatable into Chinese, you feel a more elaborate discussion of the situation is called for.
- A further consequence of this view is that the idea of an untranslatable language - an idea often found in association with the thesis of conceptual relativism - cannot be given any coherent formulation.
- The gallery press release informs us that Hitorigoto is an untranslatable Japanese word that refers to the experience of inner thought or dialogue.
- So our question becomes: can we make sense of the idea of a language that is (in principle) untranslatable?
- A distinction was early made between readily traceable sabotage, blowing objects up with a bang, and undetectable sabotage - insaississable was the almost untranslatable French word for it.
- Viewers might feel excluded from an indefinable club that includes only those who speak a seemingly untranslatable language or recognize obscure and unspoken passwords.
- Whether or not you accept Robert Frost's assertion that poetry is that part of language which is untranslatable, the point is that this is surely counter-productive.
- In a worldwide poll of professional translators, Ilunga won the award for the most untranslatable word in the world.
- Surely you need to fix the target language to decide what the most untranslatable word would be.
- The Times has translated for you the most untranslatable word in the world.
- This, of course, makes Pagolak untranslatable - indeed, any version of a Pagolak sentence in a foreign language will conceal rather than reveal the original's meaning.
- I was most pleased, though, to learn of the untranslatable Greek verb phthano, meaning, according to Wilson, ‘I do something before someone else realises that I'm doing it’.
- There's a delightful book - They Have a Word for It - which is a compendium of untranslatable words and phrases that shows how words have the power to impart new understanding just by putting a name to something.
- His objection to this thesis is that we should reject the relativist's assumption that there is a plurality of mutually untranslatable languages.
- These Dutch terms are really untranslatable, containing more nuances than can be satisfactorily conveyed by a single English word.
- From the looks of it, German, Yiddish, Japanese, and Sanskrit seem to be particularly fruitful sources of untranslatable words.
- There is an untranslatable language of violence that articulates the laws of the forest and the frontier.
- My vote for the most untranslatable word would go to nyakaa, a Bengali word that could mean coy, or teasing, or bashful, or suggests fake niceness or phoney innocence.
- It was a year ago to the day since the first Argentinazo, a word that is completely untranslatable into English or, for that matter, Spanish.
Derivativesnoun-ˈbɪlɪti Much has been written on translating and the untranslatability of poetry. Example sentencesExamples - From Cicero and Quintillion down to the present day there has been an unending and acrimonious debate on the dogma of untranslatability.
- It is the argument of untranslatability or, if you will, the falsity of all translations.
- In particular, the untranslatability of hallucination-its fundamental estrangement from ‘accurate word meanings’ is pertinent to Villette since, as I will show, Lucy is ultimately unable to make sense of her dream-like perceptions.
- Historically, such acknowledgment has come in the form of laments over the untranslatability of great literature.
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Definition of untranslatable in US English: untranslatableadjective (of a word, phrase, or text) not able to have its sense satisfactorily expressed in another language. （词语，短语，文章）不能翻译的，无法翻译的 an untranslatable German pun 一个无法翻译的德语双关语。 Example sentencesExamples - It was a year ago to the day since the first Argentinazo, a word that is completely untranslatable into English or, for that matter, Spanish.
- There's a delightful book - They Have a Word for It - which is a compendium of untranslatable words and phrases that shows how words have the power to impart new understanding just by putting a name to something.
- They should remember one of Germany's untranslatable gifts to the English language: schadenfreude.
- So our question becomes: can we make sense of the idea of a language that is (in principle) untranslatable?
- The gallery press release informs us that Hitorigoto is an untranslatable Japanese word that refers to the experience of inner thought or dialogue.
- The Times has translated for you the most untranslatable word in the world.
- In a worldwide poll of professional translators, Ilunga won the award for the most untranslatable word in the world.
- These Dutch terms are really untranslatable, containing more nuances than can be satisfactorily conveyed by a single English word.
- Elsewhere, as when she remarks in a section on language that ‘human rights’ is a concept untranslatable into Chinese, you feel a more elaborate discussion of the situation is called for.
- Surely you need to fix the target language to decide what the most untranslatable word would be.
- His objection to this thesis is that we should reject the relativist's assumption that there is a plurality of mutually untranslatable languages.
- Viewers might feel excluded from an indefinable club that includes only those who speak a seemingly untranslatable language or recognize obscure and unspoken passwords.
- From the looks of it, German, Yiddish, Japanese, and Sanskrit seem to be particularly fruitful sources of untranslatable words.
- There is an untranslatable language of violence that articulates the laws of the forest and the frontier.
- My vote for the most untranslatable word would go to nyakaa, a Bengali word that could mean coy, or teasing, or bashful, or suggests fake niceness or phoney innocence.
- A further consequence of this view is that the idea of an untranslatable language - an idea often found in association with the thesis of conceptual relativism - cannot be given any coherent formulation.
- I was most pleased, though, to learn of the untranslatable Greek verb phthano, meaning, according to Wilson, ‘I do something before someone else realises that I'm doing it’.
- Whether or not you accept Robert Frost's assertion that poetry is that part of language which is untranslatable, the point is that this is surely counter-productive.
- A distinction was early made between readily traceable sabotage, blowing objects up with a bang, and undetectable sabotage - insaississable was the almost untranslatable French word for it.
- This, of course, makes Pagolak untranslatable - indeed, any version of a Pagolak sentence in a foreign language will conceal rather than reveal the original's meaning.
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