deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 20 hours agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 20 hours agomessage-square85fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up7·19 hours agoBlitzkrieg translates pretty well doesn’t it? Fast war?
minus-squareDenjin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·16 hours agoLightning being the literal translation but used in the same way as fast.
minus-squareTheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoI always assumed lightning war was just a way of making it sound more interesting, I didn’t realise blitz just meant lightning
Blitzkrieg translates pretty well doesn’t it? Fast war?
Lightning being the literal translation but used in the same way as fast.
I always assumed lightning war was just a way of making it sound more interesting, I didn’t realise blitz just meant lightning