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单词 untranslatable
释义

untranslatable

/ˌʌntransˈleɪtəb(ə)l / /ˌʌntranzˈleɪtəb(ə)l/
adjective
(Of a word, phrase, or text) not able to have its sense expressed in another language: an untranslatable German pun...
  • 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.
  • Surely you need to fix the target language to decide what the most untranslatable word would be.
  • 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.

Derivatives

untranslatability

/-ˈbɪlɪti/ noun ...
  • Much has been written on translating and the untranslatability of poetry.
  • 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.
  • It is the argument of untranslatability or, if you will, the falsity of all translations.

untranslatably

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