imposible + to + (verb)
Hello,

I was studying and I saw, as an aswer to a question, the phrase:
1 - "Some words are imposible to translate"

I wanted to know if those other ways of writting this phrase are also correct and if they have the same meaning:
2 -"It's imposible to translate some words"
3 -"Translating some words is imposible"
4 -"Some words are imposible of being translated"

I know it's a silly question, but thanks :)

Question

imposible + to + (verb)
Hello,

I was studying and I saw, as an aswer to a question, the phrase:
            1 - "Some words are imposible to translate"

I wanted to know if those other ways of writting this phrase are also correct and if they have the same meaning:
            2 -"It's imposible to translate some words"
            3 -"Translating some words is imposible"
            4 -"Some words are imposible of being translated"

I know it's a silly question, but thanks :)

Answer

Options 2 and 3 are correct, however option 4 is not.

4 -"Some words are impossible to be translated"

You have used "of being" in a manner that is improper. You intended to use being as verb in the gerund, but in that case you would need a conjugated verb to be and a subject to be inflicting the action (to translate) over the object (the words). Not only the structure you used would not allow it, but it would change the meaning of this sentence. You would be basically saying that "a subject is being translated".

Hope that helped. :)

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