What are ‘untranslatable’ words?
26 March 2025 - 10 mins
Podcast Series
Moncrieff
Language necessarily evolves to accommodate new ideas, new concepts and new cultural paradigms.
But, what happens when a word exists in one language, but not another?
There are lots of so-called ‘untranslatable’ words in English, and some Irish ones have been added to the latest version of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Fiona McPherson is Senior Editor at the Oxford English Dictionary and joins Seán to discuss.
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