Tiếng Anh 10 - Language problems when there’s just no word for it

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1. LANGUAGE PROBLEMS JOKES, ANECDOTES AND STORIES AS TOLD When there’s just no word for it. BY NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS Most words and expressions can be translated into other languages fairly easily. But sometimes, the idea or concept doesn't exist in the other language and then it gets more complicated. Take the case of the Portuguese word "saudade". This is used to describe the feeling you get when someone has gone away - a type of sadness and nostalgia for someone who is no longer with you. Interestingly, there's no one-word equivalent for this in English. In fact, it would be difficult to translate the term without using several words. Similarly, there's no easy translation into English for the Scandinavian terms "farmer" (a paternal grandmother) and"farfar"(a paternal grandfather), and Hamburger Love "mormor"(a maternal grandmother) and "morfar"(a maternal grandfather). We'd probably say,something like "my mum's dad" or "my dad's dad". I say, I say, I say. How did the hamburger propose to the cheeseburger? I don't Sometimes, we need to "borrow" words or expressions from other languages. know. How did the hamburger propose to the cheeseburger? With an "onion These terms are known as "loan words". For example, some English people use ring"! the French expression "bon appétit" (literally "good appetite") just before they're about to eat. Of course, there are terms in English such as "enjoy your The In-Laws meal!"or"have a good meal!", but they aren't quite the same. Another example of a loan word is the German term "schadenfreude". This is A woman takes her dog to the vet and says,."Could you give the dog something used to describe a feeling of happiness or joy you may have when someone else to stop his tail wagging for a day?" suffers. For example, you may experience "schadenfreude" if one ofyour The vet examines the tail and says, "But There's nothing wrong with it." "enemies" does really badly in an exam. There's no one word in English; which And the woman replies, "It's just my mother-inlaw is coming to visit, and I don't sums all that up, so we use this German word. Sometimes, words don't exist in want anything in the house to make her think that she's welcome!" certain languages because they aren't needed. Linguistic experts have recently discovered that an Amazonian tribe has no word in its language for "time". The Trainee People of the Amondawa tribe simply don't refer to hours, days, months or years because the words aren't in their vocabulary. They don't even say how old A young woman starts working at a huge multi-national company. On her first they are but instead give names to different stages in their lives. However, day, she phones her,secretary and says, "Hey, could you get me a cup of coffee, they've probably got thousands of words for plants and animals that we'd never please?" understand. And the voice from the other end of the phone line says, "Do you know who I Are there any words or expressions in your language that are difficult to am?" translate into English? "Erm, no," the woman says, realising that she's dialled the wrong number. "I am the managing director, you fool! [from HOT ENGLISH # 207] To which the woman says, "And do you know who I am?" "No!" replies the managing director angrily. "Thank heavens!" she says as she puts the phone down. TQT LANGUAGE PROBLEMS