The Untranslatables: The Most Intriguing Words from Around the World - Couverture rigide

Moore, C. J.

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ISBN 10 : 0550105999 ISBN 13 : 9780550105998

Editeur : Chambers, 2009

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Enliven your mind and enrich your daily conversation with The Untranslatables, a sublime and witty lexicon of fascinatingly precise phrases, for which there aren't direct English translations.

From the German word Drachenfutter that encompasses actions aimed to diffuse a wife's fury at the appearance of her drunken husband to the national Finnish characteristic of sisu, which means something like a dogged and proud refusal to lie down and be beaten. If we don't have a word for it, we have to ask - why?

Biographie de l'auteur :

C. J. Moore is an author, translator and editor of both children's and adult books. He was born in England but has spent most of his adult life abroad as a professional foreigner, working in journalism, teaching and publishing. He is the author of the award-winning Ishtar and Tammuz. Christopher has degrees from Oxford and Edinburgh in Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics. He currently lives in Swirtzerland.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Chambers
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0550105999
• ISBN 13: 9780550105998
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Illustrateur: Winchester Simon