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Dec 20, 2014
"True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation." --Thomas Bailey Aldrich
A 19-Year-Old Artist's Book Of Untranslatable Words
When you start with a heartfelt offering, you never know where life may take you next. Read on for the tale of Ella Sanders, whose creative illustrations about untranslatable words grew from a blog post into a published book now out from Random House. You'll also get a sampling of some marvelous, untranslatable words from around the world. Like Mangata -- Swedish for "the road-like reflection of the moon in water."