Maslahat is often translated as expediency, or self-interest.
Jews are liberals because of rachmones, often translated as compassion, but really so much more.
The ba (often translated as "the soul") conveyed notions of "the noble" and "the sublime".
The abbreviated name Krung Thep is often translated as "City of Angels".
Besugo is a new one on me; the name is most often translated as bream or porgy.
The word "jihad", for example, is often translated as "holy war" but actually means "struggling" or "surviving".
Ip Man practices a style of kung fu called wing chun, which is often translated as "beautiful spring".
It is often translated as a reference to homosexuality, but it more plausibly relates to male prostitution or pimping.
"In Bhutan we call it serving Tsa Wa Sum," which is often translated as "king, country, people".
Tian, often translated as "heaven" and literally meaning "sky," is a term that refers to multiple concepts, often simultaneously.
Collins is the choreographer for this performance, entitled Duet for One but based on 1940's Le Bel Indifférent – often translated as The Handsome Hunk.
