deathmetal27@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 13 days agoWhat's a word or concept in your language that does not translate very well to English?message-squaremessage-square144linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 13 days agomessage-square144linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoBlitzkrieg translates pretty well doesn’t it? Fast war?
minus-squareDenjin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoLightning being the literal translation but used in the same way as fast.
minus-squareTheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoI always assumed lightning war was just a way of making it sound more interesting, I didn’t realise blitz just meant lightning
Blitzkrieg?
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