untranslatability

English

Etymology

untranslatable +‎ -ity

Noun

untranslatability (uncountable)

1. The quality or property of being untranslatable; inability to be translated.
   1. (translation studies) The inability of meaning to be transferred from one language to another without undergoing fundamental change.

Synonyms

• intranslatability
• untranslatableness

Antonyms

• translatability
• translatableness

Translations

property of being untranslatable; inability to be translated

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不可譯性／不可译性 (bùkěyìxìng), 不可译性 (bùkěyìxìng)

• Dutch: onvertaalbaarheid f
• Finnish: kääntymättömyys
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: intraductibilité (fr) f, intraduisibilité f
• German: Unübersetzbarkeit f
• Hungarian: lefordíthatatlanság
• Volapük: netradutov