This is not surprising, because many English words are ambiguous, being used not only as nouns, but also as adjectives or even as verbs. All such uses must be

This is not surprising, because many English words are ambiguous, being used not only as nouns, but also as adjectives or even as verbs. All such uses must be translated into different words in other languages. When the word to be translated has no context, a random translation choice is possible. "Folk" as in "folk music" or "folk dances" may be translated correctly as "folkloric" or "popular".