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A few gems from MacAlpine’s Gaelic Dictionary (1833)

Posted 11 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

In his book On The Life and Death of Languages, linguist Claude Hagège talks about Pomo, an Amerindian language spoken in Northern California. This language has a verb which means ‘to suddenly introduce words into a song that one was …

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Eliot Weinberger on a new translation of the Psalms

Posted 184 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

The full article is more than worth reading, but I just wanted to share an extract from Eliot Weinberger’s review of Robert Alter’s 2007 translation of the Psalms. Alter puportedly wanted to strip away the anachronous Christian-isms of the King …

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Translation challenges in the retail industry

Posted 420 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

Catalogues, brochures, billboards, inserts Online marketing, social networking, eCommerce sites Point-of-sale text, in-store displays, merchandising, signage User manuals, packages, after-sale materials Human resources documentation (training materials etc) The importance of tailoring your marketing and sales documentation to local markets cannot …

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BEST OF SPAMBOTS

Posted 698 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

UPDATE: This is out of all control. Apparently there is an exponential tendency – approve one, and more and more spambots flock to your post. I’m not sure whether to close the comments or see exactly how far this can …

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Facebook Digest 14/3/11: a meal eaten sideways

Posted 793 days ago by Stephen Whiteley

The process of translating comprises in its essence the whole secret of human understanding of the world and of social communication. Hans Georg Gadamer UNTRANSLATABLE WORDS #19: Kwarandzyey azMamweg (Korandje) – “dates that aren’t quite ripe yet, but that already …

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