Monthly Archives: December 2013

silent night

Posted on 23 December 2013 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — 1 Comment

The first time I noticed translation was probably while singing Christmas carols. We learnt to sing Silent Night in something resembling German and Welsh at primary school, and in learning Polish I realised that the fuzzy warm sound of carols I’d heard…

Tagged with: Christmas, Christmas Carols, English, Finnish, Franz Xaver Gruber, German, Joseph Mohr, Polish, Silent Night, Welsh
Posted in Christmas, language, translation

O!

Posted on 17 December 2013 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — 1 Comment

‘Would it be of any use, now,’ thought Alice, `to speak to this mouse? Everything is so out-of-the-way down here that I should think very likely it can talk: at any rate, there’s no harm in trying.’ So she began:…

Tagged with: advent, Alice in Wonderland, Arvo Pärt, Bible, English, German, Language, Latin, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, o antiphons, vocative
Posted in language, translation

hobbit scripts

Posted on 7 December 2013 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — Leave a comment

It is that time of year again – time for the next Hobbit movie, a chance to escape back into the magical world of Middle Earth. The first Hobbit film was too long, but it was also the first film I saw…

between two Thomases: 100 years of R. S. and Dylan

Posted on 4 December 2013 by Kate Sotejeff-Wilson — 1 Comment

“My chief aim is to make a poem. You make it for yourself firstly, and then if other people want to join in then there we are,” said R. S. Thomas. We’re half way through his centenary year: a Welsh…