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Illustrations Of Untranslatable Languages Around The World

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Illustrations Of Untranslatable Languages Around The World
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New Zealand based media designer Anjana Iyer has created a series of drawings displaying untranslatable languages with the closest English translation titled ‘Found In Translation’. It is impossible to translate these words into English exactly but here are the best ways to describe them:

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    German

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      Japanese

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        Russian

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          Swedish

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            Japanese

            Untranslatable-Words-From-Different-Languages-Illustrated-By-Anjana-Iyer-7-600x835

              German

              Untranslatable-Words-From-Different-Languages-Illustrated-By-Anjana-Iyer-11-600x835

                French

                Untranslatable-Words-From-Different-Languages-Illustrated-By-Anjana-Iyer-14-600x835

                  Italian

                  Untranslatable-Words-From-Different-Languages-Illustrated-By-Anjana-Iyer-15-600x835

                    Czech

                    Untranslatable-Words-From-Different-Languages-Illustrated-By-Anjana-Iyer-18-600x835

                      Spanish

                      Untranslatable-Words-From-Different-Languages-Illustrated-By-Anjana-Iyer-20-600x835

                        Norwegian

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                          Hindi

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                            Korean

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                              Finnish

                              Do you know any other untranslatable words or phrases that Iyer may not have covered? Does anyone know if their are English words that have no definition around the world?

                              You check out the full collection from Iyer here.

                              Found In Translation | Anjana Iyer

                              Featured photo credit: Found In Translation | Anjana Iyer via behance.net

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                              Want to learn some quick and easy life hacks that are easy to do, low cost and saves you time?

                              By tweaking little things in your daily life, it can make your life much more convenient!

                              Here’re 100 of the most practical life hacks so you can just pick up any of them right away!

                              83 tie a small piece of bright colored fabric

                                84 write random letter

                                  85 use a rubberband

                                    86 dorm smell bad

                                      87 lean your phone on your sunglassess

                                        89 how to waterproof your shoes

                                          90 take a picture of the name card

                                            91 iron inside out

                                              92 old newspaper

                                                93 tumble try shoes

                                                  keep a card like this

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                                                      94 soap bar

                                                        95 make a hole

                                                          96 drop the battery

                                                            97 use a coozie

                                                              98 when taking a picture

                                                                use a clean dust pan

                                                                  try a pants hanger

                                                                    use your cellphone light

                                                                      use a spring from an old pen

                                                                        quick and easy iphone speaker

                                                                          user binder clips

                                                                            wrap a wet paper towel around your beverage

                                                                              put pancake mix in a ketchup bottle

                                                                                clean out an old lotion bottle for your beach

                                                                                  use a muffin tin to serve condiments at a bbq

                                                                                    doritos are great for kindling

                                                                                      use nail polish to identify different keys

                                                                                        use a hanging shoe rack to store cleaning supplies

                                                                                          freeze grapes to chill white wine without

                                                                                            use paper clips to organize your cables

                                                                                              almost finished your jar of nutella

                                                                                                sick of having a box full of tangled

                                                                                                  unroll the rim to increase the capacity

                                                                                                    cut open toilet paper rolls and use as a cuff

                                                                                                      remove the stem from strawberries

                                                                                                        turn an old bottle into a simple little cord holder

                                                                                                          for iced coffee and iced cappuccino, use frozen coffee cubes

                                                                                                            how to fold a fitted bed sheet

                                                                                                              tired of snoozing past your alarm

                                                                                                                place a rubber band around an open paint can to wipe your brush on

                                                                                                                  ut a wooden spoon across a boiling pot

                                                                                                                    use bread clips to save flip-flops

                                                                                                                      take pictures of friends holding items

                                                                                                                        how i always know which headphone is the left one

                                                                                                                          put a stocking over the end of a vacuum

                                                                                                                            How to make sure you drink enough water

                                                                                                                              user a can opener to open blister

                                                                                                                                good sandwich guide

                                                                                                                                  turn your muffin pans upside down

                                                                                                                                    50 pounds of groceries and living on the 5th floor

                                                                                                                                      the right way to make a blt

                                                                                                                                        add one teaspoon of baking soda

                                                                                                                                          38

                                                                                                                                            hair straighteners equals to collar irons

                                                                                                                                              stack your clothes vertically to see them all

                                                                                                                                                the right way to make cookies in the summer

                                                                                                                                                  how to clean a blender

                                                                                                                                                    the right way to eat a popsicle

                                                                                                                                                      use bread clips to label and organize power cords

                                                                                                                                                        to get the built up residue off of your shower head

                                                                                                                                                          user a hair clip to orgainize long wires

                                                                                                                                                            a frozen saturated sponge in a bag

                                                                                                                                                              rub stuck zipper teeth with a graphite pencil

                                                                                                                                                                use a soda pop tab

                                                                                                                                                                  50

                                                                                                                                                                    51 How to multiply large numbers in your head.

                                                                                                                                                                      52 How to open a bottle if you dont have a corkscrew.

                                                                                                                                                                        rub a walnut on damaged wooden furniture

                                                                                                                                                                          kids fall out of bed

                                                                                                                                                                            use toothpaste to clear up hazy car

                                                                                                                                                                              58

                                                                                                                                                                                59 keep pizza out while driving home

                                                                                                                                                                                  60 put your straw through the tab to keep it from rising

                                                                                                                                                                                    hold oreos with a fork so your fingers

                                                                                                                                                                                      Never lose your remotes again

                                                                                                                                                                                        hiding your emergency money

                                                                                                                                                                                          use a bread tab to hold your spot on a roll

                                                                                                                                                                                            if you are at a hotel and run out of chargers

                                                                                                                                                                                              keep a square of cardboard in a ziplock bag

                                                                                                                                                                                                If you need to pee or smoke at a bar

                                                                                                                                                                                                  drill holes in the bottom of your garbage

                                                                                                                                                                                                    use an accented letter as your passcode

                                                                                                                                                                                                      use a squeeze ketchup bottle top with your shopvac

                                                                                                                                                                                                        do something unusual when locking the door

                                                                                                                                                                                                          when heating leftovers space out a circle in the middle

                                                                                                                                                                                                            dont burn yourself in those hard to reach candles

                                                                                                                                                                                                              put a small amount of water in a glass when you microwave your pizza

                                                                                                                                                                                                                75 use a piece of paper to organize

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  use half a pool noodle

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    pencil case to store cables

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      78 clothespin to hold nail

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        79 make blts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          80 take a picture of your fridge

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            81 fill plastic water bottles

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              82 right ways to eat chips

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                99 if your plug keeps failing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  100 put the banana on the wire

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    88 before you throw away a post it

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