True meanings of words of emotion get lost in translation, study finds

Analysis finds there may be no universal concepts for some emotions

The true meaning of words may be lost in translation, according to research suggesting the way people understand terms such as "anger" or "love" differs between languages.

For example, while the concept of "love" is closely linked to "like" and "want" in Indo-European languages, it is strongly linked to "pity" in Austronesian languages - a family that includes Hawaiian and Javanese.