Lost for Words

Have you ever tried to describe something, but just can't find the right word? It might exist in another language. Ange and Margie try out (and butcher) phrases from other languages, mispronounce Russian authors and discuss why "fortnight" should be a word in Canada. On our Read/Watch/Listen list for this episode: Do you speak Russian or Spanish? Try reading authors in their native tongue for a real sense of the story. Some translations of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky have been criticized, while the Master and the Margarita loses some of its satire in English. The characters in the film Lost in Translation could have benefited from some of the Japanese words we feature this episode The Secret promised that positivity attracts positivity. Is it a load of mumbo jumbo or a good way to find a parking space? Hidden Brain podcast from NPR has a great episode on language, featuring an Aboriginal Australian language, called "Lost in Translation"

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Lost for Words is an episode from A.M. in the Afternoon by A.M. in the Afternoon.

This episode is 00:36:41 long.

This episode was published on Mar 22, 2018.

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