By Words without Borders, May 6, 2021. Interviews. In recent years, a proliferation of books in translation for children and young adults has brought imaginative stories from around the world to new readers. We’re speaking with some of the extraordinary publishers who make these books possible about their experience working in this vital field. For …
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By CHLOE MORGAN FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 08:23 GMT, 30 January 2020 Leaving any country is daunting when you don’t speak the language, and while many places offer English translations, it doesn’t mean they’re always reliable. People from across the globe have shared some of the funniest notices they’ve ever come across – including an airport sign that warns …
In the first part of an interview series featuring literary translators, we have J. Devika who talks about the creative challenges of translation, how all texts have sedimented layers of culture in them, and the particular joys of translating K.R. Meera’s “The Angel’s Beauty Spots”. By Chirdeep Malhotra -January 28, 2020 J. Devika is a teacher and researcher …
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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/dec/19/true-meanings-of-words-of-emotion-get-lost-in-translation-study-finds Analysis finds there may be no universal concepts for some emotions . By: Nicola Davis The true meaning of words may be lost in translation, according to research suggesting the way people understand terms such as “anger” or “love” differs between languages. For example, while the concept of “love” is closely linked to …
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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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PIERCE ALQUIST – 09-17-19 Over the past few months, Women in Translation Month founder Meytal Radzinski has been accepting nominations for the 100 best books by women writers in translation. Votes came in from readers all over the world and almost 800 unique books were nominated! Each reader could send up to ten nominations to contribute to …
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Hendrik J. Kockaert – 2019-06-14 In today’s highly wired communication world, scholars and practitioners of translation studies cannot turn a blind eye to machine translation. The easily available translation tools deliver fast, free and targeted content. But are they a match for innate human skills? A new International Organization for Standardization standard for machine translation, …
By MADELINE FOX It can be hard to find a truly quiet place in the Lake Worth-based Guatemalan-Maya Center. Just inside one door, case workers and other staff answer phones and talk clients through paperwork, immigration processes and other services. A long, narrow room on the ground floor has chairs along one wall that are often …
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Written by Antonia Ava World has become a global village. In this era of globalization business activities need expansion. For the expansion of business activities it is very essential to meet your audience where they are. For this purpose your audience need to be engaged and for engaging global audience it is necessary to consider …
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Afrikaans into Khmer? No problem. Hungarian into Punjabi? Easy peasy. Once the realm of pure science fiction, new technology that allows people to communicate instantly with each other using different languages is now a reality – and it’s poised to change the world. That at least is the bold claim made by experts amid rapid …
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