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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..

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Japanese – “Wabi – Sabi”

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

Sanskrit – “Samatha”

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

Swedish – “Lagom”

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

Spanish – “Madrugada”

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

German – “Stehaufmannchen”

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

Inuit – “Iktsuarpok”

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

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Georgian – “Shemomedjamo”

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

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Indonesian – “Jayus”

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

Japanese – “Shouganai”

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

Arabic – “Sumud”

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

Danish – “Hygge”

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

Japanese – “Komorebi”

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

Jess Hawkes

Digital PR Specialist at Impression. My time there consists mainly of working alongside the SEO team on off-page strategy, correcting people’s grammar and practising my table tennis skills. When I’m not doing these things you’ll probably find me ranting about the subversive nature of capitalism or the heteronormative patriarchy to whoever is unfortunate enough to be in earshot.

Digital PR Specialist at Impression. My time there consists mainly of working alongside the SEO team on off-page strategy, correcting people’s grammar and practising my table tennis skills. When I’m not doing these things you’ll probably find me ranting about the subversive nature of capitalism or the heteronormative patriarchy to whoever is unfortunate enough to be in earshot.

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