An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words: Amazon. Ella Frances Sanders: 9. Books. Review".. a collection of words you never knew you needed before" (Huffington Post)"Charming illustrations and sheer linguistic delight" (Maria Popova Brainpicker)"words you never knew you needed but now can’t live without" (Saga Magazine)".. English counterparts" (Entertainment Weekly)"… will make you think, laugh and discover situations you never knew there was a word for" (ELLE Canada). Book Description. A gorgeous illustrated compendium of untranslatable words from around the world. See all Product Description. Lost in Translation by Ella Frances Sanders. I'll be honest: when I decided to buy and start this little book, I thought it was going to be a nice little something, a collection of weird and interesting words that I would have forgotten the minute after I read them but that it would have been fun to read, a pleasant and entertaining way to spend a couple of hours. And it was. But it was also so much more. I think my whole reading experience was influenced by a sentence the author wrote in her introduction to the compendium. If I hadn't.. well, I would have probably dismissed this book as I was already doing when I first picked it up. Instead her words hit me straight in the chest and radically changed everything. If you take something from this book, other than some brilliant conversation starters, let it be the realization that you are human, that you are fundamentally, intrinsically bound to every single person on the planet with language and feelings. As much as we like to differentiate ourselves, to feel like individuals and rave on expression and freedom and the experiences that are unique to each one of us, we're all made of the same stuff". I mean. can't you see it? It is SO goddamn true! In our everyday life we're literally flooded with feelings and sensations or thoughts we cannot give a name to; and perhaps, in that moment, we're lead to believe that a word for that feeling/sensation/thought does not exist and if it doesn't exist it must mean we're the first ones who bumped into them. We're alone in our experience, there's nobody else who can understand us and whom we can talk to. It's a huge cruel illusion, because at the end of the day we're all humans and we're all made of the same stuff. Probably not every single person went through the same exact thing, but someone else out there has and they gave a name to it in their language and that can only mean we're not alone! We're all connected to each other in ways that go beyond our limited understanding but words, languages, the ability itself of communicating are a complex but accessible tool that we were gifted and that should never stop astounding us. Ella Frances Sanders is a twenty-something writer and illustrator who intentionally lives all over the place, most recently Morocco, the United Kingdom (Somerset) and. Buy Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World by Ella Frances Sanders (ISBN: 0884700729733) from Amazon's Book Store. Writer out of necessity, illustrator by accident. Personal, print available. Personal. This compendium is made of 5. Spanish, French.) as well as not so well known (arabian, swedish, ubuntu..) languages, that can't be translated into another language with just one word. It just isn't possible. Each one is accompanied by a brief explanation of the context in which the word is used as well as a cute colorful drawing made by the author herself, which makes everything nicer and more pleasing to the eye. I can already tell this is going to be one of the cutest and most particular books I'll read this year and I couldn't be happier about it! ![]()
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