# There are too many words for scavenger in Czech but none of them was good enough for Star Wars…

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The piece argues that translation choices reflect differences in meaning and practical constraints rather than gaps in a language's vocabulary.

Blog post · Medium · 22 December 2015

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- [Read it on Medium (medium.com)](https://medium.com/metaphor-hacker/there-are-too-many-words-for-scavenger-in-czech-but-none-of-them-was-good-enough-for-star-wars-4df5092352a9)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 22 December 2015
- Published in: Medium
- Language: English

Topics: czech-language, translation, language-meaning, popular-culture.

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