Untranslatables
Jan. 24th, 2012 09:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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tahnan, a linguist, gets understandably upset when people talk about "untranslatable" words. And yet, I find myself wondering (prompted by gnomi's link yesterday):
How does one translate the TV show title "Srugim"? I mean, would you watch a show called "Knitteds?" (Well, yes, many of you would, but you'd expect Elizabeth Zimmermann to be hosting.)
tahnan, a linguist, gets understandably upset when people talk about "untranslatable" words. And yet, I find myself wondering (prompted by gnomi's link yesterday):How does one translate the TV show title "Srugim"? I mean, would you watch a show called "Knitteds?" (Well, yes, many of you would, but you'd expect Elizabeth Zimmermann to be hosting.)