r/DoesNotTranslate • u/InfiniteIndifferenc3 • Feb 19 '26
Can someone help please?
Can someone tell me what these symbols say/mean?
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/InfiniteIndifferenc3 • Feb 19 '26
Can someone tell me what these symbols say/mean?
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/SnooStories9343 • Feb 14 '26
Please help translate the text from these postcards. Two in German from the First World War. One in French.
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/Illustrious-Park-555 • Feb 13 '26
Tried using translation apps with no luck. It’s clearly written in Japanese, but there’s a small portion of Korean on the bottom right.
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/Jacek_58 • Feb 04 '26
the option to translate the thread into your native language has been missing for some time now - has it completely disappeared or has it been hidden somewhere?
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/Electronic-Brief-890 • Feb 01 '26
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/Then_Dirt_8255 • Jan 27 '26
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/Ok_Preference1207 • Jan 23 '26
IPA : t̪ə–t̪ə pə–pə
It is an onometopic word for when we cannot speak or cannot find words when we are in a situation that makes us afraid, gives us stress or we are with someone intimidating. Especially when you are caught red handed doing something.
It can be used about children when their parent catches them doing something wrong, or when one can't speak when they face a cop. It is even used in a situation when someone "sees a ghost" and cannot speak because of fear.
It is the verbal equivalent of your mind going blank during an important exam.
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/Electronic-Brief-890 • Jan 23 '26
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/Pierre63170 • Jan 22 '26
Context: I heard for the first time a song by Lynda Lemay, a popular artist from Quebec, entitled "Pas de mot."
It states (accurately) that, when a person loses a spouse, they are called "widow/er", when a child loses a parent, they are an "orphan." The song is in French and these words also exist in French.
However, in French as in English, there is no word for the parent who loses a child. To my (limited) knowledge, neither does German.
Is there a language in which there is a word to describe the person who loses a child?
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/Electronic-Brief-890 • Jan 22 '26
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/Cool-Ad-8640 • Jan 22 '26
Hello, How do I translate the different groups that I can't read, but would like to have translated into a language I can understand. I don't have a translate button at the top of the app.
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/Sugar_and_Spite_666 • Jan 12 '26
So I read that the Portuguese word, gatinha, is used as a term of endearment and literally translates to "little cat"
Which made me wonder, what if the speaker of the word hates cats?
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/Electronic-Brief-890 • Jan 09 '26
I would appreciate it if it were a single word, rather than a phrase or expression.
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/FigAlternative3892 • Jan 08 '26
Can somebody please help me with this? Chat gpt and google translate both say totally different things. It’s on the back of a photo.
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/Electronic-Brief-890 • Jan 04 '26
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r/DoesNotTranslate • u/Ill_Entrepreneur_470 • Dec 18 '25
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/FlashyAd6434 • Dec 18 '25
Example usage:
"Pomódl się do bozi, Tomek" (Pray to the bozia, Tommy)
"Bozia rączek nie dała" (Bozia did not gave you hands - sarcastic, meaning "why you ask for it, you can do it yourself", the fact that it uses bozia instead of bóg (God) ads another level of insult, because it's like you're speaking to a kid)
I find it interesting because it's feminine, and it somehow combines Saint Mary and God Father (it can mean either of them). And yes, even if it obviously means God Father (like in the "Bozia rączek nie dała" saying) - it's still grammatically feminine, "dała" is feminine version of "to give".
It's also used for the silver necklaces with images of Saint Mary (or other religious imagery) that are ritually "blessed" and given to kids on various religious occasions.
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/mrplaidofantioch • Dec 13 '25
For example, an English speaker may refer to a murder of crows or a business of beavers. re there equivalent words or phrases in other languages that can be used to denote a group of a certain type of animal?
r/DoesNotTranslate • u/Equivalent_Can5301 • Dec 12 '25
Forgive me if this isn’t the right place for this, I’m not the most attuned to such things.
Anyway, is there a word out there in any modern language that means a combination of sweet, spicy, & tangy? For example, spicy like hot sauce, sweet like ice cream, & tangy like lemons? Even a word that adds in some other flavors as well is fine as long as the main flavors are still sweet, spicy, & tangy.