English-Dutch translations for untranslatable

  • onvertaalbaar
    (Applaus van links) Ik heb er niet aan gedacht dat het woord benchmarking onvertaalbaar is. (Applause from the left ) I had not appreciated that the word 'benchmarking' is untranslatable. Montaigne heeft ooit gezegd dat het meeste kwaad in de wereld voortkomt uit blunders ("ânerie"). Dat woord is onvertaalbaar in het Spaans maar stamt af van het woord ezel ("asno"). Montaigne said that most of the ills of the world resulted from 'ânerie' , a word which is untranslatable into Spanish, but which is related to 'ass' .

Definition of untranslatable

  • Not able to be translated
  • A word or phrase that is impossible to translate satisfactorily from one language to another

Examples

  • They referred to de Gaulle as a chienlit, a totally untranslatable term that suggests defecation in bed.

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