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If languages are living beings, it would be correct to talk in plural and think of each of the existing languages in the world as a unique species [...]. Therefore, each language has its own expressions that, proudly, present themsleves as untranslatable to other languages [...].
Website PijamaSurf [es] lists 24 untranslatable expressions [es] to other languages with their Spanish explanation.
Myweku writes about the introduction of Rooti Dolls, by Chris and Ada Ngoforo, a Nigerian couple:
The 12 Rooti dolls are programmed to speak in several African languages. Amongst them, there’s Nina, a “vibrant girl” with Nigerian parents, who “loves watching Nollywood” and can interact in the Nigerian languages of Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa [...]
The term Party's benevolence is frequently used in political propaganda in China. Mary Ann O'Donnell looks into how's the term being used in ordinary people's daily life.
Mensah wrote on koaci.com:
For Nigerian soldiers, enlisted men, officers and even aspirants, the military hierarchy has decided that the knowledge of the French language is now a prerequisite for anyone to get a promotion.
As Navalny's show-trial for lumber embezzlement continues, such questions are perhaps more important than ever. Here are some data-points wh... More »
We forget that it was Jesus Isa who raised the status of women to equal...
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