Glossary
What is Untranslatables?
Culture-bound words without direct equivalents — hygge, saudade — requiring explanation or adaptation, not substitution.
In more depth
In commerce copy, replace untranslatables with the underlying benefit in the target culture's terms.
Why it matters for your website
Understanding Untranslatables helps you make better decisions when taking a WordPress site multilingual — from choosing URL structures and engines to controlling costs. Transxlate handles the mechanics (language URLs, lang attributes, caching, hreflang on Pro) so terms like this become settings, not engineering projects.
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