18: Translating the untranslatable
Added 2018-03-15 23:43:48 +0000 UTCLists of ‘untranslatable’ words always come with… translations. So what do people really mean when they say a word is untranslatable?
In this episode, your hosts Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch explore how how we translate different kinds of meaning. What makes words like schadenfreude, tsundoku, and hygge so compelling? Which parts of language are actually the most difficult to translate? What does it say about English speakers that we have a word for “tricking someone into watching a video of Rick Astley singing Never Gonna Give You Up?”
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Yay, glad it helped you!
Lingthusiasm
2018-03-18 03:32:34 +0000 UTCI especially loved the definition of denotation vs. connotation. Connotation is one of those words that I’ve used but only realized about 79% of the meaning to, lol
circumlocutory
2018-03-18 03:24:22 +0000 UTC
