Some Words Defy Translation. Angela Merkel Showed Why. Germany’s chancellor used an English-language vulgarity in a speech recently. Oddly enough, German doesn’t have a mot juste of its own. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:‘Is It Safe?’ Foreign Students Consider College in Donald Trump’s U.S.Rights Groups Assail Iran Over Videos of Condemned PrisonersU.S. Investigates Deaths of 3 Soldiers in Jordan as Possible TerrorismRussia Withdraws From International Criminal Court, Calling It ‘One-Sided’Aleksei Navalny, Vocal Putin Critic, Is Cleared to Run for OfficeAfghan Bodyguards Targeted in Bombing Claimed by ISIS Affiliates