Once upon a time there was a little ghost. It lived all alone in the forest. All the other ghosts were born in the forest because they died there. They were very old or very young, and their families were…
the ghost child
Tagged with: Finnish, Illustration, Language, Literature, Moomins, pubilc libraries, subtitles, Terhi Ekebom, The Ghost Child
Posted in Illustration, language, literature, translation
Posted in Illustration, language, literature, translation
more stories, more words
“One forgets words as one forgets names. One’s vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.”— Evelyn Waugh “Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be of knowing, recognizing, and communicating everything that can be humanly experienced…
Tagged with: book sculpture, Brazilian Portuguese, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, English, Evelyn Waugh, Fiction, Finnish, Jose Saramago, Justin Rowe, Language, native, Roald Dahl, words
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Posted in international, language, literature, words
one word to begin
New years’ resolutions can be overwhelming, if like me, you make a lengthy list and then struggle to live up to your own ideals, often failing within the first week. So this year I decided to choose one word to guide…
Tagged with: Alice in Wonderland, Bible, English, gift, Illustration, Language, Oxford English Dictionary, Saint John's Bible, Welsh, words
Posted in faith, Illustration, language, literature, words
Posted in faith, Illustration, language, literature, words
new year, new translation: the assassin from apricot city
What does the rest of the world look like in the eyes of the rest of the world? That’s something we can never know. But good journalism in good translation can help. It’s not a good idea to have a…
Tagged with: Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Journalism, New Year, Polish, Ryszard Kapuściński, Turkey, Witold Szabłowski
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Posted in international, language, translation
silent night
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
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Posted in Christmas, language, translation
O!
‘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
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Posted in language, translation
hobbit scripts
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…
Tagged with: Anglo Saxon, Cirith, Elvish, Finnish, Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien, Language, Literature, Lord of the Rings, Runes, Scripts, Tengwar, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Tibetan, Transliteration, Welsh, words
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Posted in international, language, literature, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, translation, words
between two Thomases: 100 years of R. S. and Dylan
“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…
Tagged with: A Welsh Landscape, A Welsh Testament, Do not go gentle into that good night, Dylan Thomas, Language, Literature, Poetry, R. S. Thomas, Swansea, Under Milk Wood, Wales, Welsh
Posted in language, literature, poetry
Posted in language, literature, poetry
selfie, bookshelfie
The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2013 is: Selfie (n. informal) a photograph taken of oneself and usually uploaded onto social media. From a short list which included bedroom tax (for UK speakers), binge-watch and twerk, selfie was the clear global…
Tagged with: Dictionaries, English language, Filipino, Finnish, Korean, Language, Oxford English Dictionary, Romanian, Selfie, Word of the year, words
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Posted in language, Word of the Year 2013, words
twist your tongue around the world
Sometimes your tongue gets in a knot and the words just don’t come out. But if you can untangle it, you will sound fluent as never before. I tell first time visitors to Finland that they can find the lift…
Tagged with: English, Finnish, Hebrew, Language, Latin, Maori, Polish, pronunciation, Tongue-twister, Welsh
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Posted in international, language, translation, words
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