Untranslatable

Fiction & Literature, Cultural Heritage
Cover of the book Untranslatable by Alma Alexander, Crossroad Press
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Author: Alma Alexander ISBN: 6230000002097
Publisher: Crossroad Press Publication: October 8, 2018
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Alma Alexander
ISBN: 6230000002097
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Publication: October 8, 2018
Imprint:
Language: English

There is a story behind every word.

There is a word behind every story.

Some concepts require a single word in other languages but paragraphs to explain in English.

There are times when it is impossible to have a direct translation of something, to understand an idea at once simple to one mind and unutterably impenetrable to another—except through the bridge of story, through a literal journey into another language, another culture, another mind.

The 14 stories in this book are bridges made of words—crossing into language landscapes of Japan, of Sweden, of France, of Portugal, of Tierra del Fuego—glimpses into the worldview and the mindset of cultures different enough from our own to produce a single word that encompasses a world of concepts.

Translating the untranslatable.

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There is a story behind every word.

There is a word behind every story.

Some concepts require a single word in other languages but paragraphs to explain in English.

There are times when it is impossible to have a direct translation of something, to understand an idea at once simple to one mind and unutterably impenetrable to another—except through the bridge of story, through a literal journey into another language, another culture, another mind.

The 14 stories in this book are bridges made of words—crossing into language landscapes of Japan, of Sweden, of France, of Portugal, of Tierra del Fuego—glimpses into the worldview and the mindset of cultures different enough from our own to produce a single word that encompasses a world of concepts.

Translating the untranslatable.

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