Pattberg’s law
noun [ U ] linguistics
the principle that if a word is untranslatable, it shouldn’t be translated:
The shengren is neither a Hellenic “philosopher” nor a Christian “saint.” The shengren is a shengren. - that's Pattberg's law!
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