Sweeping changes proposed to primary school curriculum Carl O’Brien – Feb 25, 2020 School children could start learning foreign languages as early as third class under sweeping changes being proposed for the primary curriculum. The shake-up in how teaching and learning takes place in primary schools – the most dramatic in 20 years – could …
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Weird Finnish Phrases that Make No Sense in English Finnish is quite a unique language with only 5 million people speaking it as a mother tongue. The language has many funny sayings that turn out to be hilarious when translated directly to english! Here are a few weird Finnish phrases and the story behind them. Matti …
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Geeta Padmanabha – AUGUST 24, 2019 Some universities in Tamil Nadu are introducing courses on Indian literature in translation; textbooks are also being developed, looking at rich layered pieces chosen from local languages If you said “What!” at the end of Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace, followed the adventures of The Three Musketeers and buried your nose in Tagore’s Geetanjali, …
by Ellen C. Kaufman, M.S., CSC I once read that knowing two languages doesn’t make you an interpreter just as having two hands doesn’t make you a concert pianist. I like this saying because it helps people unfamiliar with what interpreting actually entails understand that there may just be more to it than knowing two …
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The German language should be simplified and made more accessible to all. Then integration would also work, says Abbas Khider. His proposals sound strange at first, but they are not. A book for grammar lovers. By Swantje Schutz “Deutsch fuer alle: Das endgueltige Lehrbuch” (i.e. German for everybody: the ultimate textbook) by Abbas Khider has only …
By Ben Dooley – Feb. 24, 2019 Donald Keene, whose translations of Japanese literature into English and prodigious academic output helped define the study of the subject and made him a celebrity in Japan, died on Sunday in Tokyo. He was 96. The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University confirmed his death. He …
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February 17, 2019 By APP ISLAMABAD: Literature produced in indigenous languages are powerful instruments to promote peace, harmony, co-existence and cultural diversity in the society. This was stated by speakers at a literary session as part of the fourth Mother Languages Literature Festival (MLLF). The two-day annual event started at the Lok Virsa on Saturday. The …
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NAGPUR: Indian literature thrives on principles of unity in diversity and the biggest example of it are our various religious scriptures. We don’t consider diversity and unity to be different. In fact, they are two sides of the same coin, said Indranath Choudhari, a noted thinker and professor of comparative studies at Delhi University, on …
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Jan 27 2019 Ruby Macandrew The Wellington region is home to thousands of charities with volunteers putting in copious amounts of time and energy to ensure those most in need are taken care of. Stuff wanted to shine a light on those behind the scenes. In early 2017, a group of more than 100 volunteers, working under the umbrella …
Translators work long hours to bring the Treaty of Waitangi to everyone Read More »
January 09, 2019 RAWAN RADWAN A group of multilingual Saudis is informing the world about their country through their “KSA in All Languages” volunteer initiative. It serves to promote dialogue and information about Saudi identity, culture and history in various languages and on various social media platforms, including Twitter and Instagram. “Many across the globe …
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