Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World
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From the author of Eating the Sun, an artistic collection of more than 50 drawings featuring unique, funny, and poignant foreign words that have no direct translation into English Did you know that the Japanese language has a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees? Or that there's a Finnish word for the distance a reindeer can travel before needing to rest?
Lost in Translation brings...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1607747103
ISBN13:9781607747109
Release Date:September 2014
Publisher:Ten Speed Press
Length:112 Pages
Weight:0.83 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 7.8" x 6.9"
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Cross-Cultural Communication Art Arts, Music & Photography Illustration Language ArtsCustomer Reviews
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