Archives - 28.01.11

• Step Up to better English
  Step Up to better EnglishSource: thestar.com.myKUALA LUMPUR: Reading materials that pupils find easy to understand and within their proficiency level can motivate them to read more in English, said experienced teacher Chen Ng Moi.
• Manila Standard Today -- ‘Dedma’ UNTRANSLATABLE? -- 2011/january/26
  Manila Standard Today -- ‘Dedma’ UNTRANSLATABLE? -- 2011/january/26Source: www.manilastandardtoday.com    Dedma is one of those popular words used that is hard to translate into English. Loosely it can be translated as deliberately feigning ignorance of a person or something. But no matter how you translate it, the nuance is lost.The origin ... is the Filipi […]
• Why ‘and with your spirit’ is right | CatholicHerald.co.uk
  Why ‘and with your spirit’ is right | CatholicHerald.co.ukSource: www.catholicherald.co.ukFr Austin J Milner OP explains the rationale for one of the most striking and controversial changes in the new English Mass translation
• The Book Bench: Star Trek, Google, and the Dream of Universal Translation
  The Book Bench: Star Trek, Google, and the Dream of Universal TranslationSource: www.newyorker.comThere’s a terrible risk inherent in writing science fiction: sometime in the distant future, some nitpicking soul will remember to check up on which of your outlandish predictions come true, and which turn out to be wildly, laughably off the...
• Translation technology firm expands to Montreal, targets U.S. clients - Technology - Ottawa Business
  Translation technology firm expands to Montreal, targets U.S. clients - Technology - Ottawa BusinessSource: www.obj.caOttawa Business Journal
• Youth of the week: Tep Sovichet | LIFT | The Phnom Penh Post - Cambodia's Newspaper of Record
  Youth of the week: Tep Sovichet | LIFT | The Phnom Penh Post - Cambodia's Newspaper of RecordSource: www.phnompenhpost.comWith a desire to preserve the Khmer language and a love for information technology, Tep Sovichet, a grade 10 student at Santor Mok high school, cannot wait to get involved in translating software
• UNH professor emeritus named 2011 Robert Frost medalist
  UNH professor emeritus named 2011 Robert Frost medalist Source: www.fosters.comCharles Simic, University of New Hampshire professor emeritus, has been named the 2011 recipient of the Poetry Society of America's Robert Frost Medal, presented annually for "lifetime achievement in poetry." The award is the organization's highest award, and p […]
• UNH professor emeritus named 2011 Robert Frost medalist
  UNH professor emeritus named 2011 Robert Frost medalist Source: www.fosters.comNH guide for Southeast New Hampshire and Southern Maine, including Portsmouth, Rochester, Dover, Sanford and Laconia. Local news, information, entertainment, classifieds, real estate, homes, automobiles, cars, employment, jobs, restaurants and dining information.
• 2011 Best Translated Book Award: Fiction Longlist
  2011 Best Translated Book Award: Fiction LonglistSource: www.rochester.eduJanuary 27, 2011The 25-title fiction longlist for the 2011 Best Translated Book Awards was announced this morning at Three Percent, a resource for international literature at the University of Rochester. According to award co-founder Chad W. Post, this year's longlist is a "t […]
• Inaugural translation rights fair kicks off in Ottawa | Quill & Quire
  Inaugural translation rights fair kicks off in Ottawa | Quill & QuireSource: www.quillandquire.comThe web's best source of news and information about Canadian authors, books, publishing, and bookselling.
• Beaverton's Village Baptist Church makes diversity part of its mission
  Beaverton's Village Baptist Church makes diversity part of its missionSource: www.oregonlive.comThe church, which holds services in five languages, received the city's Diversity Award earlier this month.
• Les Français sont de plus en plus accros aux réseaux sociaux | ITespresso.fr
  Les Français sont de plus en plus accros aux réseaux sociaux | ITespresso.frSource: www.itespresso.frSur 47 millions d’internautes français, ComScore estime que près de 38 millions d’entre eux visitent régulièrement des réseaux sociaux et y passent en moyenne 4,1 heures par mois.
• The Lamron - Les langues étrangères sont indispensables
  The Lamron - Les langues étrangères sont indispensablesSource: www.thelamron.com Unfortunately, many American children are and will continue to be unable to read this article's headline. It's time to reevaluate foreign language standards.
• Lost in (automatic) translation | European Voice
  Lost in (automatic) translation | European VoiceSource: www.europeanvoice.comlost in automatic translation translation between the eu's 23 official languages, always a costly affair, has just become more expensive.
• Hindi website launched in city | | | Indian Express
  Hindi website launched in city | | | Indian ExpressSource: expressbuzz.comTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A website exclusively devoted to Hindi language. The wonderful idea could not have had a better opening on any other day. karthikahindiweb.com, a literary Hindi web journal, was launched on Republic Day at Karthika Computer Centre, Kowdiar. The website was inaugurat […]
• La BD française à l'heure asiatique - Culture - la-Croix.com
  La BD française à l'heure asiatique - Culture - la-Croix.comSource: www.la-croix.comLa BD française à l'heure asiatique
• The lingo of cool?
  The lingo of cool?Source: thestar.com.myUsing English may be deemed fashionable, but sometimes it ends up just being silly.
• Retrouvez le lexique financier sur Trader Finance - Communique de presse
  Retrouvez le lexique financier sur Trader Finance - Communique de presseSource: www.repandre.comCommuniqué de presse Site d’information à destination des traders et des investisseurs de tout niveau, Trader Finance vous propose de découvrir son nouveau lexique en (...)
• Le dictionnaire des cuisiniers - SudOuest.fr
  Le dictionnaire des cuisiniers - SudOuest.frSource: www.sudouest.frNotre confrère Jean-François Mesplède a voulu rendre hommage à une corporation pour laquelle il éprouve « le plus profond respect et la plus grande admiration ». C'est ainsi qu'il justifie...
• Intertainment's Ortsbo Outpaces Facebook Growth in Its First 6 Months | TradingMarkets.com
  Intertainment's Ortsbo Outpaces Facebook Growth in Its First 6 Months | TradingMarkets.comSource: www.tradingmarkets.comTradingMarkets News for Intertainment's Ortsbo Outpaces Facebook Growth in Its First 6 Month