Untranslatable

Think you know Pride and Prejudice? Prove it!

Tamara Glenny

Hygge

Getting cozy in Denmark.

Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

Lisa Anselmo

Vachement

In French, when you mean it, say it cow-ly.

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

Carmina Santos

Gigil

In Tagalog: “You’re so cute I could eat you up!”

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

Michelle Dammon Loyalka

Chiku

Eating bitterness: Chinese for hard work in the face of adversity.

Monday, July 2nd, 2012

Misha Glenny

Inat

It’s cutting off your nose to spite your face. In Serbian.

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Kirsty Lang

Terroir

It’s French for the flavor of the land.

Monday, March 26th, 2012

Robert J. Barnett

G.yang

How do you say “good luck” in Tibetan?

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Breda Kennedy

Neamhbeo

The unalive are very much alive in Irish.

Monday, October 24th, 2011

Vania Scharbach

Saudade

Saudade: a very intense kind of longing.

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Tamara Glenny

Kipyatok

In Russia, boiling water is part of a way of life.

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

Stefanie Carp

GÃ¶tti

The secret Swiss job requirement.

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Hamed El Said

Wasta

It’s Arabic for an offer you can’t refuse.

Monday, May 16th, 2011

Matthew Waldman

Yoroshiku- onegaishimasu

Respectful or rude: in Japan it’s all context.

Monday, April 18th, 2011

Mansour Ajami

SHARAF

Showing off Arabic’s vast range of meanings.

Monday, March 28th, 2011

Guillermo Kendall

Matear

Coming together over a shared bowl of tea.

Monday, February 28th, 2011