august

• Meaning: inspiring awe or admiration; majestc; venerable
  
• In Chinese: 令人敬仰的
  
• Where we first met: economist.com - ' ... the New York Times Company, the most august journalistic institution of all ... '
  

congenital

• Meaning: (as if) inborn, (as if) by nature
  
• In Chinese: 與生俱來的，本性如此
  

progenitor

• Meaning: direct ancestor, originator, founder
  
• In decent Chinese: 祖宗，開山祖師，創始人
  
• Where we first met: opensourcetheology.net - 'The language of Abraham’s calling ... strongly suggests that he is conceived as the progenitor of a renewed creation ... '
  

dogsbody

• Meaning: [British slang] servant (esp. home servant)
  
• In Hong Kong slang: 賓妹，菲妹，阿菲，菲姐姐
• In older Hong Kong slang: 丫麻 (ahma -- which is probably a Chinese term 阿媽 translated into local Hong Kong style English and then retranslated into Cantonese)
  
• In contemporary decent Hong Kong Cantonese: 家務助理
  
• In decent Chinese: 　家傭，傭人
  

redoubtable

• Meaning: arousing fear; worthy of respect
  
• In Hong Kong slang: 係人都「舍」
  
• In decent Chinese: 可敬畏的
  

avuncular

• Meaning: of or pertaining to an uncle; regarded as characteristic of an uncle, especially in benevolence or tolerance
  
• In Chinese: actually cannot think of any direct parallel, but might be loosely translated as (有)長輩風範
  
• Where we first met: dictionary.com - word of the day (6 August 2006)