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We Translated 12 Untranslatable Foreign Words Into Funny British Equivalents And It Sums Up The Brits Perfectly
JUN 5, 2018

We Translated 12 Untranslatable Foreign Words Into Funny British Equivalents And It Sums Up The Brits Perfectly

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There are words across the globe that are known to be 'untranslatable' - the concepts apparently don't exist in English.
We thought, surely these concepts can be translated into typical British phrases, so that's exactly what we've done..

Japanese - "Wabi - Sabi"

Sanskrit - "Samatha"

Swedish - "Lagom"

Spanish - "Madrugada"

German - "Stehaufmannchen"

Inuit - "Iktsuarpok"

Georgian - "Shemomedjamo"

Indonesian - "Jayus"

Japanese - "Shouganai"

Arabic - "Sumud"

Danish - "Hygge"

Japanese - "Komorebi"

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