18: Translating the untranslatable (Patreon)

Lists  of ‘untranslatable’ words always come with… translations. So what do  people really mean when they say a word is untranslatable?   

In  this episode, your hosts Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch explore  how how we translate different kinds of meaning. What makes words like  schadenfreude, tsundoku, and hygge so compelling? Which parts of  language are actually the most difficult to translate? What does it say  about English speakers that we have a word for “tricking someone into watching a video of Rick Astley singing Never Gonna Give You Up?”

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