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

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan