Marnie Chesterton

You remember the beach we were talking about?

Yeah.

Yeah, the crust could rupture completely, seawater could flood in, you know, and a new ocean basin could form.

So that's essentially how oceans like the Atlantic formed in the distant geological past.

Scientists also think that the Eastern Africa could eventually separate from the rest of the continent, creating a completely new landmass.

Wow.

Very cool.

Tristan, where are you taking us next?

Well, something that really interested me when I was looking into this week's theme were efforts to translate scientific terms into African languages.

There are more than 2,000 languages spoken on the African continent.

And in many cases, translations for words like bacteria or virus or even like dinosaur, they actually don't currently don't exist.

OK, this is fascinating.

I love this topic because this is like, what do you do for words that have just sprung up recently?

So, for example, this show comes from Wales and there were similar issues when it came to Wi-Fi, for example.

Do you invent a Welsh word for Wi-Fi or do you just call it Wi-Fi?

Phyllis, is this something you've come across?

Yes, there are some words that we have found difficult.

For example, now we use Swahili across East Africa and sometimes, you know, there's this word that has been used a lot, gaslighting, and you want to explain it in Swahili, but then you try describing, still you cannot.

Also, when you want to mean...

Like you're my soulmate.