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Re:Does Not Translate by y4mi on Saturday January 15, 2022 @05:48AM (#29945400)
there are a lot of words that dont map directly onto another word.

heck, i'd argue that most abstract words are just close-ish approximations, which can be used to convey the same thing, but are also useable in different contexts with significantly changed meaning.

Take yesterday's wordle for example: tangy. few languages have something that maps onto exactly this meaning. Its still easy to translate it with a sentence, but its likely going to be more than one word. And the chosen translation will likely change significantly depending on the context the word is used in.

Re:Does Not Translate by jonshariat on Saturday January 15, 2022 @07:06PM (#29951819)
Yup. There are words like this. My point is that there are also a lot of mistakes because you need to know both languages vocabulary to know if its true or not.