![]() ![]() "There's been a few instances where native speakers of say, Italian or Russian, have been commenting and disagreeing with themselves even, not even with me anymore.as to whether this word exists in this language, it's great," Frances Sanders said. The book caught the attention of Lake Effect's Mitch Teich, and he was able to speak with Ella Frances Sanders via Skype from the English countryside to discuss her fascinating and unique book. Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the Worldshowcases more than fifty illustrated words that have no English translation, but seem to express emotions and feelings better than any word we could find in our dictionaries. We tell you this not to give you your own nostalgic longing, but to introduce Ella Frances Sanders, for whom "saudade" was one of more than fifty words she studied, defined and illustrated to create her book. ![]() ![]() Random House LLC "Lost in Translation" features more than 50 words with illustrations ![]()
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