I would say it is not so much that the words don’t translate into English as the words encode cultural experiences and emotions that many English speakers haven

I would say it is not so much that the words don’t translate into English as the words encode cultural experiences and emotions that many English speakers haven’t experienced. And I think this is true even in words in the same language. For example “police” means something very different emotionally to a young, urban, black man than an older, suburban white woman. I think there is a food analog as well. There are some foods that I don’t think anyone can cook as well my mother. Objectively, if you tested my mom’s version of the food against in taste test with - 100 people versus a professional chef, most people would pick the chef’s version as tasting better. But for me, the exact smell and taste of my mom’s version brings back those emotions of happiness and closeness from when we would eat the meal together as a family growing up. So I don’t think it is so much differences in language, but differences in experience.