Photo of Kim Yuna, courtesy of UPI / Alamy Stock Photo / Molly Riley
Is this idea of mass frustration distinctly Korean, or is it more international in scope? In her ongoing column on untranslatable…
Untranslatable
Photo courtesy of Castle Rock Entertainment / RGR Collection / Alamy Stock PhotoFrom the Middle Ages to Seinfeld, schlemiel and schlimazel characters enjoy an interesting history. Veronica Esposito tr…
Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (1817), oil on canvas, 119.5 x 99.5 x 9 cm bpk Bildagentur / Hamburger Kunsthalle, SHK / Elke Walford / Art Resource, NY What is sehnsucht…
In her new, ongoing column, Veronica Esposito highlights an untranslatable word—its history, its contemporary usage, and why it’s so hard to translate. To begin this new project, Esposito delves into…
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