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'There's no word in French for the verb "to need".' Sure, but there is an expression for the idea - the article didn't just say that there isn't a word for sma
by demallien 15y ago
'There's no word in French for the verb "to need".'
Sure, but there is an expression for the idea - the article didn't just say that there isn't a word for small talk, it said that Germans don't even do small talk. The example given was that th German translation of a Paddington Bear book actually just cuts out the small talk, which does indeed seem to support the idea that you disagree with...
- notJim 15y agoIt used the fact that Germans don't have a word for small talk as evidence that Germans don't do small talk.
- Typhon 15y agoThis is the reason I gave other examples. This doesn't apply only to words. It applies to expressions as well. Literal translation being possible is the exception, not the norm.