Definition of untranslatable in English:

untranslatable

adjectiveˌʌntranzˈleɪtəb(ə)lˌʌntransˈleɪtəb(ə)l

(of a word, phrase, or text) not able to have its sense expressed in another language.
an untranslatable German pun
Example sentencesExamples
- They should remember one of Germany's untranslatable gifts to the English language: schadenfreude.
- Elsewhere, as when she remarks in a section on language that ‘human rights’ is a concept untranslatable into Chinese, you feel a more elaborate discussion of the situation is called for.
- A further consequence of this view is that the idea of an untranslatable language - an idea often found in association with the thesis of conceptual relativism - cannot be given any coherent formulation.
- The gallery press release informs us that Hitorigoto is an untranslatable Japanese word that refers to the experience of inner thought or dialogue.
- So our question becomes: can we make sense of the idea of a language that is (in principle) untranslatable?
- A distinction was early made between readily traceable sabotage, blowing objects up with a bang, and undetectable sabotage - insaississable was the almost untranslatable French word for it.
- Viewers might feel excluded from an indefinable club that includes only those who speak a seemingly untranslatable language or recognize obscure and unspoken passwords.
- Whether or not you accept Robert Frost's assertion that poetry is that part of language which is untranslatable, the point is that this is surely counter-productive.
- In a worldwide poll of professional translators, Ilunga won the award for the most untranslatable word in the world.
- Surely you need to fix the target language to decide what the most untranslatable word would be.
- The Times has translated for you the most untranslatable word in the world.
- This, of course, makes Pagolak untranslatable - indeed, any version of a Pagolak sentence in a foreign language will conceal rather than reveal the original's meaning.
- I was most pleased, though, to learn of the untranslatable Greek verb phthano, meaning, according to Wilson, ‘I do something before someone else realises that I'm doing it’.
- 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.
- His objection to this thesis is that we should reject the relativist's assumption that there is a plurality of mutually untranslatable languages.
- These Dutch terms are really untranslatable, containing more nuances than can be satisfactorily conveyed by a single English word.
- From the looks of it, German, Yiddish, Japanese, and Sanskrit seem to be particularly fruitful sources of untranslatable words.
- There is an untranslatable language of violence that articulates the laws of the forest and the frontier.
- 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.
- It was a year ago to the day since the first Argentinazo, a word that is completely untranslatable into English or, for that matter, Spanish.

Derivatives

untranslatability

noun-ˈbɪlɪti

Much has been written on translating and the untranslatability of poetry.
Example sentencesExamples
- From Cicero and Quintillion down to the present day there has been an unending and acrimonious debate on the dogma of untranslatability.
- It is the argument of untranslatability or, if you will, the falsity of all translations.
- 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.
- Historically, such acknowledgment has come in the form of laments over the untranslatability of great literature.

untranslatably

adverb

Definition of untranslatable in US English:

untranslatable

adjective

(of a word, phrase, or text) not able to have its sense satisfactorily expressed in another language.
an untranslatable German pun
Example sentencesExamples
- It was a year ago to the day since the first Argentinazo, a word that is completely untranslatable into English or, for that matter, Spanish.
- 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.
- They should remember one of Germany's untranslatable gifts to the English language: schadenfreude.
- So our question becomes: can we make sense of the idea of a language that is (in principle) untranslatable?
- The gallery press release informs us that Hitorigoto is an untranslatable Japanese word that refers to the experience of inner thought or dialogue.
- The Times has translated for you the most untranslatable word in the world.
- In a worldwide poll of professional translators, Ilunga won the award for the most untranslatable word in the world.
- These Dutch terms are really untranslatable, containing more nuances than can be satisfactorily conveyed by a single English word.
- Elsewhere, as when she remarks in a section on language that ‘human rights’ is a concept untranslatable into Chinese, you feel a more elaborate discussion of the situation is called for.
- Surely you need to fix the target language to decide what the most untranslatable word would be.
- His objection to this thesis is that we should reject the relativist's assumption that there is a plurality of mutually untranslatable languages.
- Viewers might feel excluded from an indefinable club that includes only those who speak a seemingly untranslatable language or recognize obscure and unspoken passwords.
- From the looks of it, German, Yiddish, Japanese, and Sanskrit seem to be particularly fruitful sources of untranslatable words.
- There is an untranslatable language of violence that articulates the laws of the forest and the frontier.
- 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.
- A further consequence of this view is that the idea of an untranslatable language - an idea often found in association with the thesis of conceptual relativism - cannot be given any coherent formulation.
- I was most pleased, though, to learn of the untranslatable Greek verb phthano, meaning, according to Wilson, ‘I do something before someone else realises that I'm doing it’.
- Whether or not you accept Robert Frost's assertion that poetry is that part of language which is untranslatable, the point is that this is surely counter-productive.
- A distinction was early made between readily traceable sabotage, blowing objects up with a bang, and undetectable sabotage - insaississable was the almost untranslatable French word for it.
- This, of course, makes Pagolak untranslatable - indeed, any version of a Pagolak sentence in a foreign language will conceal rather than reveal the original's meaning.

单词	untranslatable
释义	Definition of untranslatable in English: untranslatable adjectiveˌʌntranzˈleɪtəb(ə)lˌʌntransˈleɪtəb(ə)l (of a word, phrase, or text) not able to have its sense expressed in another language. an untranslatable German pun Example sentencesExamples They should remember one of Germany's untranslatable gifts to the English language: schadenfreude. Elsewhere, as when she remarks in a section on language that ‘human rights’ is a concept untranslatable into Chinese, you feel a more elaborate discussion of the situation is called for. A further consequence of this view is that the idea of an untranslatable language - an idea often found in association with the thesis of conceptual relativism - cannot be given any coherent formulation. The gallery press release informs us that Hitorigoto is an untranslatable Japanese word that refers to the experience of inner thought or dialogue. So our question becomes: can we make sense of the idea of a language that is (in principle) untranslatable? A distinction was early made between readily traceable sabotage, blowing objects up with a bang, and undetectable sabotage - insaississable was the almost untranslatable French word for it. Viewers might feel excluded from an indefinable club that includes only those who speak a seemingly untranslatable language or recognize obscure and unspoken passwords. Whether or not you accept Robert Frost's assertion that poetry is that part of language which is untranslatable, the point is that this is surely counter-productive. In a worldwide poll of professional translators, Ilunga won the award for the most untranslatable word in the world. Surely you need to fix the target language to decide what the most untranslatable word would be. The Times has translated for you the most untranslatable word in the world. This, of course, makes Pagolak untranslatable - indeed, any version of a Pagolak sentence in a foreign language will conceal rather than reveal the original's meaning. I was most pleased, though, to learn of the untranslatable Greek verb phthano, meaning, according to Wilson, ‘I do something before someone else realises that I'm doing it’. 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. His objection to this thesis is that we should reject the relativist's assumption that there is a plurality of mutually untranslatable languages. These Dutch terms are really untranslatable, containing more nuances than can be satisfactorily conveyed by a single English word. From the looks of it, German, Yiddish, Japanese, and Sanskrit seem to be particularly fruitful sources of untranslatable words. There is an untranslatable language of violence that articulates the laws of the forest and the frontier. 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. It was a year ago to the day since the first Argentinazo, a word that is completely untranslatable into English or, for that matter, Spanish. Derivatives untranslatability noun-ˈbɪlɪti Much has been written on translating and the untranslatability of poetry. Example sentencesExamples From Cicero and Quintillion down to the present day there has been an unending and acrimonious debate on the dogma of untranslatability. It is the argument of untranslatability or, if you will, the falsity of all translations. 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. Historically, such acknowledgment has come in the form of laments over the untranslatability of great literature. untranslatably adverb Definition of untranslatable in US English: untranslatable adjective (of a word, phrase, or text) not able to have its sense satisfactorily expressed in another language. an untranslatable German pun Example sentencesExamples It was a year ago to the day since the first Argentinazo, a word that is completely untranslatable into English or, for that matter, Spanish. 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. They should remember one of Germany's untranslatable gifts to the English language: schadenfreude. So our question becomes: can we make sense of the idea of a language that is (in principle) untranslatable? The gallery press release informs us that Hitorigoto is an untranslatable Japanese word that refers to the experience of inner thought or dialogue. The Times has translated for you the most untranslatable word in the world. In a worldwide poll of professional translators, Ilunga won the award for the most untranslatable word in the world. These Dutch terms are really untranslatable, containing more nuances than can be satisfactorily conveyed by a single English word. Elsewhere, as when she remarks in a section on language that ‘human rights’ is a concept untranslatable into Chinese, you feel a more elaborate discussion of the situation is called for. Surely you need to fix the target language to decide what the most untranslatable word would be. His objection to this thesis is that we should reject the relativist's assumption that there is a plurality of mutually untranslatable languages. Viewers might feel excluded from an indefinable club that includes only those who speak a seemingly untranslatable language or recognize obscure and unspoken passwords. From the looks of it, German, Yiddish, Japanese, and Sanskrit seem to be particularly fruitful sources of untranslatable words. There is an untranslatable language of violence that articulates the laws of the forest and the frontier. 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. A further consequence of this view is that the idea of an untranslatable language - an idea often found in association with the thesis of conceptual relativism - cannot be given any coherent formulation. I was most pleased, though, to learn of the untranslatable Greek verb phthano, meaning, according to Wilson, ‘I do something before someone else realises that I'm doing it’. Whether or not you accept Robert Frost's assertion that poetry is that part of language which is untranslatable, the point is that this is surely counter-productive. A distinction was early made between readily traceable sabotage, blowing objects up with a bang, and undetectable sabotage - insaississable was the almost untranslatable French word for it. This, of course, makes Pagolak untranslatable - indeed, any version of a Pagolak sentence in a foreign language will conceal rather than reveal the original's meaning.
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