untranslatable in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for untranslatable in the English»Spanish Dictionary

untranslatable [Am ˌənˌtrænsˈleɪdəb(ə)l, ˌənˌtrænzˈleɪdəb(ə)l, Brit ˌʌntransˈleɪtəb(ə)l, ˌʌntranzˈleɪtəb(ə)l] ADJ

untranslatable

intraducible

Translations for untranslatable in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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intraducible

untranslatable

untranslatable in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for untranslatable in the English»Spanish Dictionary

untranslatable [ˌʌntræntˈsleɪtəbl, Am -trænˈsleɪt̬əbl] ADJ

untranslatable

intraducible

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intraducible

untranslatable

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The cells could be immune to viruses that impair bioreactors, for example, if crucial viral genes include now untranslatable codons.

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Can you guess the meaning of these untranslatable words?

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It is incomplete, untranslatable, and all the richer for its absences.

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All of these require explanation in order to properly communicate their meaning, and are, to varying degrees, untranslatable.

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It also introduces you to the idea that some cultures are so different from your own that there are words which are literally untranslatable.

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So, what happens when a word is untranslatable, or a sentence sounds odd?

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For example, the translator can compensate for an untranslatable pun in one part of a text by adding a new pun in another part of the translated text.

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The untranslatable title idiom, which links skin and flowers, is used to describe an emotional state, which is raw and exposed.

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Clearly, this kind of reading solution for an untranslatable word can create a divergent understanding!

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Because his writing is so strongly tied in the use of dialect and idiosyncratic nynorsk, his works are largely inaccessible and arguably untranslatable.

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