If under stress of circumstance individuals have made any promise to the enemy, they are bound to keep their word even then.
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untranslatable wordsEvery language has words that trigger personal truths, national histories, or cultural peculiarities; words that resonate in heart and mind as well as on the tongue. Can we translate the untranslatable?
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Serbs’ history has taught them stubbornness in the face of the world – and even of their own best interests. Read the rest of this post...
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The protean character of the Chinese dragon echoes, consoles and inspires throughout life’s cycle, explains Maria Chan. Read the rest of this post...
The clandestine culture of illegal homosexuality in Britain generated a creative linguistic response. Tom Wicker traces a hidden history. Read the rest of this post...
Computer programmers aren’t quite a different species – many of them breed successfully – but they do speak a different language, one which overlaps only contingently with English. Read the rest of this post...
The Poles perfected the art of survival under communism, and reinvented their language in the process; but at what cost to their soul? Read the rest of this post...
Wherever South Africans gather, a “braai” is not far behind. Damian French stands close to the fire. Read the rest of this post...
A Slovak word evoking physical loss and emotional ruin, with strong folkloric associations, makes Juliana Sokolova feel close to home. Read the rest of this post...
A deceptively plain German word can evoke the practical, convivial and even the spiritual aspects of modern Germany, finds Nicola Wissbrock. Read the rest of this post...
Caroline Bhalla rises above the languor of beach and freeway to extend a welcome to Southern California. Read the rest of this post...
David Short untangles the threads of pleasure in pohoda, which keep on spreading for Czechs. Read the rest of this post...
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Sara Forsstrom looks in the Swedish national mirror and falls out of love. Read the rest of this post...
Herpreet Kaur Grewal explains the verbal brawling and lightning wit of Punjabi “kapkhana” Read the rest of this post...
Recipe for Hungarian love-making: first, call your partner te, advises Zsuzsanna Ardó Read the rest of this post...
Alma Kushova unlocks an Albanian word steeped in mountain-lore and unbreakable promises. Read the rest of this post...
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