Translation and linguistic loss

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Translation and linguistic loss has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.

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Jared DiamondAmerican geographer, historian and author of "Guns, Germs, and Steel" and "Profits, Prophets, Coaches, and Kings"

  • Diamond argues perfect translation between languages is impossible, using the Greek logos and Italian's two words for love as examples.

    “We attempt to come up with an approximation, but we know that you cannot translate perfectly from one language into another language”

    The Joe Rogan Experience: #2549 - Jared Diamond (Sep 3, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:37

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  • #2549 - Jared Diamond

    The Joe Rogan Experience · Sep 3, 2026 · 2 h 34 min

    Jared Diamond talks with Joe Rogan about leadership, the rise of world religions, the origins of writing, language, and cannibalism and Kuru in New Guinea.