[akhosravian]

Thanks for writing this. I cringe every time I see someone drop the phrase “there’s no direct English translation” as if it means there is some unique insight only able to be expressed in that language. Words aren’t isomorphic between languages, but that doesn’t tell us anything about the range of ideas that are available.

Surely no one believes a native English speaker only experienced schadenfreude after that word was imported from German?

[melagonster]

but if some word related to specific concept of culture, do these words exist before people understand the culture?