Eunoia

Words that don't translate

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Eunoia is a searchable directory for words that *don't* translate. Search by word, language, or tag.

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Web App•Writing•Languages

Launch Team

Steph Smith

Doing Content Right

Maker

Hi! I just finished the 24h challenge, where I made Eunoia. 🌎 I've been nomading around for a few years now and have always found it super interesting to find words that only exist in one particular language. Often I find that word, in some way, represents that culture pretty closely. For example, Ikigai, Kaizen, and Karoshi in Japanese. 👩‍💻I wanted to create a searchable directory where people could find words that were interesting to them (ex: tags like "personal growth") or search by specific languages to get a better sense of that particular culture. 🙏I stumbled upon the word Eunoia which in Latin means, "well-thinking" or "beautiful mind" which I felt like pretty well represented the uniqueness of these words and cultures. 📹If you'd like to watch how this was created, you can access my stream here. If you enjoy Eunoia, you can vote for it as part of the 24h challenge here. PS: Fun fact - Eunoia is the shortest word containing all five vowels.

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6yr ago

Anne-Laure Le Cunff

Ness Labs

@stephsmith Massive congrats on building Eunoia in 24 hours! It was so much fun watching your live stream 🎥 Love the super simple design too.

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6yr ago

Steph Smith

Doing Content Right

Maker

@anthilemoon Thank you for dropping in!! I loved watching your stream too. 💛💛💛

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6yr ago

Danielle Johnson

StartKit.AI

@stephsmith this is such a great idea! I was talking to an Argentinian last week about this exact thing and how useful it would be to be able to look up the meanings! Massive congratulations on building this in 24 hours. You rock!! 🙌🙌

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6yr ago

Steph Smith

Doing Content Right

Maker

@dinkydani21 Thanks Dani! So happy you find this useful and that you also participated! 🤗

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6yr ago

Sarah Jackson

LogoCreatorAI

@stephsmith Nice job on not only building but also launching this in 24 hours! Also, why haven't I ever heard the term "liquor corpse" before?? Haha! Schnapsleiche!

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6yr ago

Marie Denis

Women Make

I know where I'll look next time I stumble upon that kind of word. It's actually pretty fun to just browse the list.

Pros:

Original idea! I think it'd be useful for travelers & nomads.

Cons:

None

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6yr ago

Pierre LeBaux

You should consider adding +/- vote buttons, similar to urban dictionary. I found at least 1 word that is translatable. Lovely product, it would be great if it took of and grew!

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6yr ago

Steph Smith

Doing Content Right

Maker

@lebaux Thank you Pierre! 🙂 Yes, a bunch of the words initially on there were not the best since I had to crowd-source and build in 24h! I've tried to vet and go through the list to improve it, but still definitely not perfect. I also really like the idea of upvoting/downvoting. I think this will be one of the projects I'll focus on moving forward, so let me know if you have any other suggestions!

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6yr ago

Pierre LeBaux

@stephsmith if you make some major updates please let me know :) good luck!

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6yr ago