Lagom Sisu Mañana
Lagom Sisu Manana…is an international forum for untranslatable words and phrases from around the world.
lagom sisu mañana
Here are three examples of untranslatable yet cultural significant words:
- Lagom [lar-gom] Swedish not too much, not too little; just right
- Sisu [see-soo] Finnish never give up, never back down
- Manana [man-yar-na] Spanish maybe tomorrow, maybe later; take it easy
So:
Just the right of amount of determination is best not too much, not too little. you should never give up. But not right away, maybe later, maybe tomorrow
A Globalisation Survival Kit
How to survive a globalised world? Cultural awareness is good cultural insights are better. In reality, no word is untranslatable. Some words just take a lot to explain. But it is the explaining part that is interesting.
Lagomsisu.com adheres to the idea that in every culture there are some words that take a lot of explaining. In these words lay embedded the values and priorities of an entire culture.
