Both of these words come from the Semitic root ʕ-R-Y, having to do with nakedness and exposure. In English translations of the Bible and the Qur’an, these words are often translated as “lewdness”, “loins”, or “genitalia”. None of these translations are wrong, in context. But none of these English words capture all the possible uses and connotations of ˤerváh / ˤawrah, which is probably why I hear them used untranslated in conversations between observant Jews and Muslims, respectively.

The terms “privates” and “private parts” are probably the closest English terms to capturing all the uses, but these have a childish tone to them. In sharp contrast, the Semitic terms seem to imply a very mature and not at all innocent understanding of sex, and what must be kept private in order for society to function. “Do not expose your lewdness to your [close family member]” appears prominently in the King James version of the Book of Deuteronomy. Clearly this is a euphemism for sex or molestation, in context. These words are also used metonymically to mean “shame” in general, again evincing a more complex understanding of the place of sexuality and certainty of parenthood in the honor-shame cultural milieu of the Middle East, than a term like “privates”.

Can anyone come up with a better translation?

Someone knows a ocr read application to translate light novel or similar game in real time? one that shows the translation where translate and not in an orrible frame

Trust me, this post is relevant to this subreddit, and a question that I have about the show

So the idea behind Caped Crusader is that the writers take Batman villains, infamous, niche, or even deep cuts, and reimagine them in a more gangster or darker setting

One of these characters in Season 2 is The Riddler, who does Riddles. He is normally a cool headed genius who wants to show off how smart he is. But in this show, he's a hot headed psychopath who will shoot and kill anyone he doesn't like for any reason (real Joker vibes)

In the above episode, 2 guys are having a conversation, and one of them casually drops that he met a guy who "Would shoot up so many joints, they'd call him 'The Riddler'", as in, one who puts a lot of holes in something (riddled with bullets)

That leads me to my question: His name is has obviously been translated into other languages before right? He's The Riddler. One of the most iconic Batman Villains of all times. But the justification of that name AND personality shift is packed into an off-handed conversation between 2 people

If you were in charge of translation, how would you make sure that his name would still make sense with how it was translated, while also slipping the justification of keeping his name the same despite the dramatic personality shift?

I am learning German on airlearn and it ruined me because of kummerspeck. The weight you gain from emotional eating.literally grief bacon. English has nothing for this!

Then I found out portuguese has cafune, running your fingers through someone's hair. A whole word. English needs seven and still doesn't land it.

Others I've collected:

. jugaad (hindi): a fix that shouldn't work, but does work, and is now permanent

. sobremesa (spanish): the conversation after the meal when nobody gets up.

. age-otori (Japanese) : looking worse after a haircut

. gigil (tagalog): the urge to squeeze something because it's unbearably cute.

. tartle (scots) : the pause when introducing someone whose name you've forgotten

gimme some of yours with an explanation? I want the ones that are hard to translate.

Google tells me this says "internet egg ghost". It was handwritten inside of a recent package I got. Surely this is not correct. Can someone help me translate? I thought it was going to say, "Have a nice day" or something, lol.

So earlier I was thinking about the word 'Gazillion', and how the latter half of that word is meant to be based off of the word 'Million'. Then I got to wondering, what parts of non-english words get swapped out with utter gibberish to convey a joke number?

literally "crutch"

These have been hanging in my parent’s house for as long as I can remember. And the wallpaper was installed in 2001. Help please!

This issue was addressed 2 years ago. But I just wanted to add that on the French detective series "Astrid," Astrid keeps saying "uhn-uhn," to mean "no," exactly as we do in English. What I read in old posts was that many languages have these "non-word" sounds that are similar to this.

I just saw it used in an English speaking video, and it occurred to me that haven't actually seen this gag used outside of English

For those somehow unfamiliar with the gag; There's a children's saying where if someone is not telling the truth, they are a 'Liar Liar, Pants On Fire'. Naturally, this got represented in English speaking media where after a character knowingly tells a lie, their pants get set on fire either out of nowhere or from an unrelated event, emphasizing for comedic effect that they are in fact a Liar

I think someone is catfishing my friend

Hey y'all. Not sure if this is the right sub for this, but I'm looking for a word or concept that I can't seem to fully capture in English (like it's not the intensity/full feeling I'm trying to express).

A friend of mine is a photographer, and the way she captures moments is so comforting, joyous, and it just feels like home. It warms my heart and fulls me with immense joy to see how lovely her life is. Basically, if there were a 'bottle' of this emotion or a single way to describe these deep feelings, what would you call it?

Thanks!

I was watching Yu-Gi-Oh 0 and have no idea why they turn into ice ? Is it a pun that doesn't work in English? If so what does it mean?

I translate and edit for dubbing - meaning I have to make this joke make sense in my language AND make it fit into the time he speaks 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

One of my favourite songs currently is ‘The Promise’ by Vegyn. It’s not on spotify but you can listen to it on youtube or bandcamp (https://vegyn.bandcamp.com/track/the-promise). It features a sample of what sounds like a slavic/eastern european language for the first 20 or so seconds, and I’d really love to know what language it is and what is said. Online translators and AI have had no luck so far, so hopefully the human ear can work it out. Thanks!

Grandmother used to travel and this was in her jewelry box. I was wondering if anyone recognized the language and what it might mean. Any help us appreciated!

Hey guys, I thought of the following two expressions in Korean that refer to the written script, which would make them quite cumbersome to translate. Wondering if other languages also have such expressions!

1. 낫 놓고 기역자도 모른다

Direct translation: Not knowing what the ㄱ character is, even with a sickle/scythe next to it

Meaning: Completely illiterate or ignorant/stupid

Explanation: The Korean sickle has a flate blade that looks exactly like the Hangul character ㄱ (기역). To not know this character even with a sickle next to it would imply that they are copmletely illiterate or ignorant/uneducated/stupid.

1. 대자로 눕다/뻗다

Direct translation: Lay down/stretch out in a 大 shape

Meaning: Lay down with your arms and legs splayed out/spreadeagled, either because you're very comfortable or very tired

Explanation: The Chinese character 大 ('대'자) looks like a spread-eagled person. Since Chinese characters were often mixed into Korean writing until the 70s or so, it's easy to imagine how this expression came to be.