Name: Lost in Translation
Rating: 4.055555555555555 (18 reviews)
ISBN: 9781607747109

Ella Frances Sanders

Showcases 50 drawings of unique, funny and poignant foreign words that have no direct translation into English, combining evocative ink illustrations with text revealing each term's language of origin and definition. 15,000 first printing.

An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World

Lost in Translation

Did you know that the Japanese have a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees? Or, that there's a Swedish word that means a traveller's particular sense of anticipation before a trip? Lost in Translation, a New York Times bestseller, brings the nuanced beauty of language to life with over 50 beautiful ink illustrations. The words and definitions range from the lovely, such as goya, the Urdu word to describe the transporting suspension of belief that can occur in good storytelling, to the funny, like the Malay word pisanzapra, which translates as 'the time needed to eat a banana' . This is a collection full of surprises that will make you savour the wonderful, elusive, untranslatable words that make up a language.

Emelie

4,5owls

It was a cute book with many different words. Some were Understandable and some were weird! 

Definitely gonna read her next books!

Olivera Mitić

Luisina Rivoira

This sounded like a fantastic idea for a book, but since the meaning of the words in Spanish is wrong I'm not sure how accurate the rest really is.

Dearna Mulvaney

Love, love, love this book. It's beautifully made and filled with beautiful works to help describe all those emotions and actions that are difficult to explain

Lost in Translation An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World

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