Lost in translation

When I think about the phrase, "Lost in translation", A childhood game come to mind--chinese telephone. The word that the first girl would whisper into the ear of the second girl was rarely even close to the word that the last girl would giggle and announce out loud! When things are translated or passed on, the truth tends to go away. When the soldiers started to change the original names into english, the true meaning behind the names were lost very quickly.

Language is definitely a vessel for culture. A lot of my ancestors are from England, Ireland, and Poland. I love when my parents/grandparents use words and phrases that have been pasted down from generation to generation. These simple words such as "oh musha" have certain meanings that just cannot be translated into english.