According to research conducted by "Today's Translations", the most difficult word to translate is "ilunga".This word, which belongs to the Bast dialect of Africa, literally translates as “a person who can forgive the first evil directed at him, tolerate the second, and never forgive the third.” Another expression is the Yagan word "mamihlapinatapai". It roughly translates as “looking at each other, expecting each other to do something the two of you want but are afraid to say.”
According to research conducted by "Today's Translations", the most difficult word to translate is "ilunga".This word, which belongs to the Bast dialect of Africa, literally translates as “a person who can forgive the first evil directed at him, tolerate the second, and never forgive the third.” Another expression is the Yagan word "mamihlapinatapai". It roughly translates as “looking at each other, expecting each other to do something the two of you want but are afraid to say.”