Lost in Translation by Ella Frances Sanders (Hardback Book)

Vintage Publishing

Did you know that the Japanese have a word to express the way sunlight filters through the leaves of trees? \nOr, that there\u2019s a Swedish word that means a traveller\u2019s particular sense of anticipation before a trip? \nLost in Translation, a New York Times bestseller, brings the nuanced beauty of language to life with over 50 beautiful ink illustrations. \nThe words and definitions range from the lovely, such as goya, the Urdu word to describe the transporting suspension of belief that can occur in good storytelling, to the funny, like the Malay word pisanzapra, which translates as 'the time needed to eat a banana' .\nThis is a collection full of surprises that will make you savour the wonderful, elusive, untranslatable words that make up a language.\n\nLost in Translation\nAn Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that the price ;