Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words

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Did you know that the Japanese have a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees? Or, that there's a Swedish word that means a traveller's particular sense of anticipation before a trip? This book includes a collection full of surprises that will make you savour the elusive, untranslatable words that make up a language.
Did you know that the Japanese have a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees? Or that there's a Swedish word that means a traveller's particular sense of anticipation before a trip?

Lost in Translation brings the nuanced beauty of language to life with 50 beautiful ink illustrations. The words and definitions range from the lovely, such as "goya", the Urdu word to describe the transporting suspension of belief that can occur in good storytelling, to the funny, like the Hawaiian "pana po'o", which describes the act of scratching your head to remember something you've forgotten.

This is a collection is full of surprises that will make you savour the wonderful, elusive, untranslatable words that make up a language.
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Weight 0.407000
Author Ella Frances Sanders
Availability IP
Department Stationery
Format Hardback
ISBN 9780224100809
Pages 112
Published 04/06/2015
Publisher Vintage
Section Gift Books
Size Unfolded 17x20cm
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