Congo word 'most untranslatable'

[sosia]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3830521.stm
To translate it's not always easy
saludos

[poli]

BBC olivdó la palabra saudade, porque son difícil traducir las siguientes palabras se usa de ves en cuando en inglés.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_b...sages/985.html
BBC olvidó ennui y schadenfreude.
He visto estas palabras escrito in inglés porque no traducen.
Are any of these borrowed words used in Spanish?

[Elaina]

Qué bueno que no trabajo en el Congo.......estaría en bancarota.

Elaina

[CrOtALiTo]

Hello

I undertood nothing, what language is the you said. regards.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Hello

I understood nothing. What language (no entiendo lo escrito)? Regards.

Espero que no te refieras a lo que escribió Elaina. En ese caso, se entiende que la menosprecias a ella. Lo que escribió ella carece de dos correcciones:
Qué bueno que no trabajara en el Congo; estaría en bancarrota.
Elaina trabaja como traductora.

Si te refieres al mensaje que puso Poli, el lenguage en la historia es Yiddish. Esto se habla mucha gente, especialmente en el área dónde vive Poli.

[CrOtALiTo]

Not not,

I said that, (BBC olvidó ennui y schadenfreude) is the that I have understood it, regards.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

No and no. Neither.

BBC olvidó ennui y schadenfreude is what I didn't understand. Regards.

Ennui (an English word borrowed from Old French, around 1275):
Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom

Schadenfreude (an English loanword from German):
Taking joy (pleasure) in the misfortunes of others

[CrOtALiTo]

Hi, people.

Then, the texts, is wrote in other language, ok.

In this forum, that other type of language speaking you.

I await your answer.

Regards.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Then, the texts, is wrote in other language, ok.

In this forum, that other type of language speaking you.

I await your answer.

Regards.

Then, the texts, is wrote in other language, ok.
Then the text is written in another language. OK.

El yidish sí es otra lengua. Pero aún así, hay palabras prestadas de ella(préstamos) que usamos en EEUU. Usamos préstamos de muchos otros idiomas. Y se los puede hallar todos en un buen diccionario de inglés.

Yiddish is indeed another language. But even so, there are loanwords from it that we use in the U.S. We use loanwords from many other languages. And you can find them all in a good English dictionary.

He aquí unos ejemplos (Here are some examples):
glasnost, perestroika, vodka, borscht, czar (del ruso - from Russian)
toreador, taco, alpaca, bravado, armada (del español)
broccoli, macaroni, fugue, prima donna, ghetto (del italiano)
ballet, cachet, savoir faire, faux pas, champagne (del francés)
lederhosen, pumpernickle, dachshund, wiener (del alemán)
kosher, lox, bagel, chutzpah, klutz, shmuck (del yidish)
guru, avatar, swastika, yoga, karma (del sánscrito)
(préstamos de otros idiomas - loanwords from other languages)
boomerang, ukulele, bamboo, taboo, tattoo, sushi, samurai, soy, karaoke, kamikaze, tsunami, ginseng, ketchup, teepee, skunk, squaw, squash, jazz, gumbo, gorilla, ski, slalom, fjord, jamboree, pajamas, dungaree, cummerbund, cot, buoy, cruise, cookie, waffle

In this forum, that other type of language speaking you.
In this forum, what other types of languages are spoken?

Hay un foro que se dedica al práctico de otros idiomas (Otros Idiomas - Other Languages). No creo que haya lengua que no puedes practicar ahí, pero hasta ahora hay séis idiomas incluidos en la lista del menú desplegable 'prefix'. Si no hallas la lengua que quieres practicar, elege 'other' de la lista.

There's a forum dedicated to practicing other languages (Otros Idiomas - Other Languages). I don't believe there is a language that you can't practice there, but so far there are six languages listed in the 'prefix' pull-down menu. If you don't find the language you want to practice, choose 'other' from the list.

[Escarabajo]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Ennui (an English word borrowed from Old French, around 1275):
Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom

I believe she's referring to ennui as it is used by the French, which is a little more complicated:

ennuyé - bored
avoir des ennuis - to be worried
faire des ennuis - to get into mischief
etc.

My personal list would include donc from French, and ya and palo from Spanish.

P.S. Actually, I guess she was referring to the English word ennui, but if you think it's complicated . . .