11 Untranslatable Words

Published on Nov 18, 2015

This deck is based upon a blog post by Ella Frances Sanders. The 11 words are "untranslatable" in English; each conveys a concept unique to the culture of origin. How many can you translate simply by exploring the image?

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

11 WORDS

FROM OTHER CULTURES

11 WORDS

Waldensamkeit (German)

Photo by lunamom58

Culaccino (Italian)

Photo by tomylees

Iktsuarpok (Inuit)

Photo by born1945

Komorebi (Japanese)

Pochemuchka (Russian)

Sobremesa (Spanish)

Photo by kevanwitha

Jayus (Indonesian)

Photo by The Familylee

Pana Po'o (Hawaiian)

Photo by MUTEvibe.

Depaysement (French)

Photo by mdmission

Goya (Urdu)

Photo by jojo 77

Mangata (Swedish)

Photo by Rory OBrien