Associations to the word «Untranslatable»

Wiktionary

UNTRANSLATABLE, adjective. Not able to be translated.
UNTRANSLATABLE, noun. A word or phrase that is impossible to translate satisfactorily from one language to another.

Dictionary definition

UNTRANSLATABLE, adjective. Not capable of being put into another form or style or language; "an untranslatable idiom"; "untranslatable art".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke