Lesson 1 Lost in Translation
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  Now, let us go beyond English and Japanese,/and look at some of the world’s other languages.// According to some linguists,/there are over 7,000 languages in the world,/so what I’m going to show/is just a tiny sample of words we can’t translate easily/into English or Japanese.//
  Swedish offers an interesting example,/as shown on Slide 1.// This word (resfeber) means/“the restless beat of a traveler’s heart/before the journey begins;/feelings of being nervous and excited.”//
  Here is an example/from the Dutch language.// Look at Slide 2.// This word (gezellig) means “cozy;/a positive warm feeling you have/when you are with loved ones.”// It’s amazing/that one word can describe this kind of feeling!//
  Slide 3 shows an example from Finnish.// This word (poronkusema) means/“the distance a reindeer can comfortably travel/before taking a break.”//
  Slide 4 shows an example from Arabic.// This word (gurfa) means/“the amount of water/that can be held in one hand.”//
  You may find it fascinating/how different languages conceptualize the world/in different ways.// It seems there is no limit/to what you can say in simple words.//

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