Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words by Ella Frances Sanders

Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words

Ella Frances Sanders

112 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
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Did you know that there's a Finnish word, PORONKUSEMA, meaning the distance a reindeer can travel before needing to rest?Or that in Germany they have the very handy KUMMERSPECK: literally, grief-bacon, the weight we gain from emotional overeating?...

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inspiring 30%
funny 17%
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emotional 5%
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