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My name is Jolita Vaitkute and I'm an artist and lecturer who implements ideas by making installations, illustrations and performances.
“Untranslatable Words” is a project illustrating words of several languages which are impossible to translate.
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#1
Gökotta (swedish): To Wake Up Early In The Morning With The Purpose Of Going Outside To Hear The First Birds Sing
Final score:
17points
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#2
Sobremesa Is The Spanish Word That Refers To The Time Spent After Lunch Or Dinner Socializing With The People You Shared The Meal With
Meals are a very important part of the Spanish culture, and the Spanish people value the time spent relaxing and chatting after finishing eating. The Catalan equivalent is sobretaula.
Final score:
16points
#3
Verschlimmbessern (german): To Accidentally Make Something Worse In The Process Of Attempting To Mend Or Improve It
Multiple applications around computers, cake baking and relationships.
Final score:
15points
Hannah Hollowell 7 years ago
If I could actually pronounce the word, I just know I'd be using it all the time o_O
#4
Gattara – The Italian Untranslatable Word Describes A Woman, Often Old And Lonely, Who Devotes Herself To Stray Cats
The Simpsons have this character too, known as the Crazy Cat Lady.
Final score:
13points
#5
Litost (czech) — Milan Kundera, Said About It “as For The Meaning Of This Word, I Have Looked In Vain In Other Languages For An Equivalent, Though I Find It Difficult To Imagine How Anyone Can Understand The Human Soul Without It”
The closest definition is a state of agony and torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery.
Final score:
9points
#6
Házisárkány – The Hungarian Untranslatable Word Would Be Literally Translated As “Home-Dragon”
This derogatory term actually designates an impatient or ill-natured spouse.
Final score:
8points
Susan Forbes 7 years ago
My grandmother called it street angel, house devil (family originally from Ireland)
#7
Pålegg (norwegian): Anything And Everything You Can Put On A Slice Of Bread
Final score:
7points
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Bunny with an Axe 7 years ago
Love the arts. Perfect. You could make "Saudade", from brazilian portuguese, what means the great pain we feel when we miss somebody or something.
Bunny with an Axe 7 years ago
Love the arts. Perfect. You could make "Saudade", from brazilian portuguese, what means the great pain we feel when we miss somebody or something.
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