Monday, 31 January 2011

Archives – 31.01.11


  • Tunisian Poet's Verses Inspire Arab Protesters : NPR
    Tunisian Poet's Verses Inspire Arab Protesters : NPRSource: www.npr.orgAmong the chants and slogans of protesters on the streets of Egypt are the words of an early 20th century Tunisian poet. The poem has become a rallying cry both in Egypt and in Tunisia.
  • Translation firm to open first Asia hub in Central Visayas | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online
    Translation firm to open first Asia hub in Central Visayas | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper OnlineSource: www.mb.com.phCebu's attractiveness as an outsourcing destination has again captured an international company engaged in language translation to open its business facility here, its first hub in Asia.
  • Professor brings knowledge to the masses
    Professor brings knowledge to the massesSource: vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn    In recent years, translator cum philosophical researcher Bui Van Nam Son has translated many of the world's classic books into Vietnamese. He talks to Minh Thu about his work..... He has translated many philosophical books into Vietnamese. His translation of Critique of Pure […]
  • Israeli writers named finalists in top U.S. book award
    Israeli writers named finalists in top U.S. book awardSource: www.haaretz.comDavid Grossman and Tom Segev nominated for prestigious National Book Critics Circle fiction awards for 2010.
    • Do funky fonts actually help you remember? | The Hot Word
      Do funky fonts actually help you remember? | The Hot WordSource: hotword.dictionary.comIn 1999, two graphic designers from Indianapolis raised a stir when they tried to discourage the use of Comic Sans MS, the silly-looking font designed by Vincent Connare and modeled after the text in American comic books. The designers observed that a font is the orthograp […]
    • Penn State Brandywine: Distinguised Professor Publishes 40th Translation
      Penn State Brandywine: Distinguised Professor Publishes 40th TranslationSource: www.brandywine.psu.eduAdam J. Sorkin, Distinguished Professor of English at Penn State Brandywine, recently published an English translation of No Way Out of Hadesburg and Other Poems by Ioan Es. Pop. The book was published by the University of Plymouth Press in England in late 2 […]
    • How to Write “Simply”
      How to Write “Simply”Source: translation-blog.trustedtranslations.comWhen a client requests a translation from an agency, they usually require that certain guidelines are met, or provide instructions or directions that need to
    • Egyptian Activists’ Action Plan: Translated – Alexis Madrigal – International – The Atlantic
      Egyptian Activists’ Action Plan: Translated – Alexis Madrigal – International – The AtlanticSource: www.theatlantic.comEgyptian activists have been distributing this guide to tomorrow’s massive planned demonstration
    • Daily Independent – 50 years of Nigerian literature:Prospects and problems
      Daily Independent – 50 years of Nigerian literature:Prospects and problemsSource: www.independentngonline.comIt is not immodest to claim that Nigeria’s literature in the past fifty years is as worthy, (even worthier,) of celebration, as the nation and her widely celebrated jubilee. With the first African and black Nobel Prize, the most widely read novel in A […]
    • AKT: Intercultural Competence
      AKT: Intercultural CompetenceSource: amitkumartanwar.blogspot.com    Intercultural competence is the ability for successful communication with people of other cultures. This ability can exist in someone at a young age, or may be developed and improved due to willpower and competence. The bases for a successful intercultural communication are emotional compet […]
    • British Centre for Literary Translation | Sebald Lecture 2011
      British Centre for Literary Translation | Sebald Lecture 2011Source: www.bclt.org.ukBritish Centre for Literary Translation.    7pm, Monday 31 January 2011Kings Place, London….Translation Prizes 2010The John Florio Prize for translation from ItalianThe Premio Valle Inclán for translation from SpanishThe Saif-Ghobash Banipal Prize for translation from Arabi […]
    • New English translation alters familiar language of the Catholic Mass
      New English translation alters familiar language of the Catholic MassSource: www.oregonlive.comCatholics whose memories of Mass are mostly in English will be asked to relearn their lines when a new translation of the English Mass debuts later this year.
    • Court interpreter shortage nears crisis – thestar.com
      Court interpreter shortage nears crisis – thestar.comSource: www.thestar.comThe justice system in Greater Toronto is nearing a crisis due to a shortage of qualified interpreters, critics say.
    • A word about dictionaries and other reference books — in print and online
      A word about dictionaries and other reference books — in print and onlineSource: www.boston.comA few months ago, I met a scholar responsible for curating one entry in the 60-volume Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. His bailiwick was a long-gone, 19th-century poet. Sometimes changes need to be made, he told me. Modern scholars correct a date or dredge […]
    • Le Dictionnaire des racismes, le Coran et l’asymétrie homme-femme.
      Le Dictionnaire des racismes, le Coran et l’asymétrie homme-femme.Source: www.mediapart.frLe Dictionnaire des racismes, le Coran et l’asymétrie homme-femme. Ce dictionnaire des racismes (1) dispose de deux pages sur le Coran. Il est précisé – et c’est important – que ce texte sacré “n’est pas la seule source des comportements observables”, “qu […]
    • Harborlight students take part in Dictionary Project
      Harborlight students take part in Dictionary ProjectSource: www.wickedlocal.com Without any fan fare or media hype, a team of individuals and civic organizations have since 1992 been distributing dictionaries to third-grade students across the country and around the world to support literacy projects.
    • Dictionnaire amoureux du Rock par Antoine de Caunes
      Dictionnaire amoureux du Rock par Antoine de CaunesSource: www.youtube.comVous voulez conserver ce reportage ? Téléchargez sur http://myreplay.tv/v/IOkbWyvH . En animant notamment Chorus sur Antenne 2, puis en étant membre actif des Enfants du Rock, Antoine de Caunes a côtoyé toute la scène rock depuis la fin des années 70. Le “Dictionnaire amoureux du […]
    • Alsace | Le premier film français en version alsacienne – L’Alsace
      Alsace | Le premier film français en version alsacienne – L’AlsaceSource: www.lalsace.frC’est une première : le 16 mars prochain, « Au bistrot du coin », un film de Charles Nemes avec Fred Testot, produit par Sébastien Fechner et distribué par Luc Besson, sortira doublé en sept langues régionales : alsacien basque, breton, ch’ti, corse, occitan et créol […]
    • « Au bistro du coin » : le premier film français doublé en sept langues régionales » :: Novopress.in
      « Au bistro du coin » : le premier film français doublé en sept langues régionales » :: Novopress.inSource: fr.novopress.info30/01/2011 – 14h40 STRASBOURG (NOVOPress Alsace) : Coup marketing ou vrai succès à venir ? Au bistro du coin, comédie de Charles Nemes, avec notamment Fred Testot (le Fred d’« Omar et Fred »), François Berléand, Eddy Mitchell et Bruno […]
    • Toute une époque ! – Kim Vaillancourt
      Toute une époque ! – Kim VaillancourtSource: www.voir.caVoir.ca: informer, stimuler et rapprocher les consommateurs de culture.
    • Church goes anywhere, anytime :: Sequim Gazette
      Church goes anywhere, anytime :: Sequim GazetteSource: www.sequimgazette.comA small team at Sequim Community Church is making a big technological push to serve those at home or surfing the Internet. The Rev. Rick Dietzman, minister of adult discipleship, started video recording the church’s 10 a.m. traditional services in September and producing DVDs for loc […]
    • Big Shiny Robot – SUNDANCE — Abraxas
      Big Shiny Robot – SUNDANCE — AbraxasSource: www.bigshinyrobot.comAbraxas is a Japanese film with English subtitles and it was showcased in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2011. The second piece from independent film maker Naoki Kato, Abraxas, is about a hardcore punk guitarist who later in life becomes a Buddhist Monk. Jonen, the Buddhist M […]
    • Locus Online Reviews » Adam Roberts’ 10 Best SF Novels of 2010
      Locus Online Reviews » Adam Roberts’ 10 Best SF Novels of 2010Source: www.locusmag.comLocus Online Reviews
    • Words That Shaped the Week: “Salmon,” “Mubarak,” and “Oscars”
      Words That Shaped the Week: “Salmon,” “Mubarak,” and “Oscars”Source: www.vanityfair.comFor your edification, a look back at the phrases, nouns, and neologisms that have, for better or for worse, shaped the week’s national discourse.
    • Jacquito wa Mpungu rend hommage à Rapha Boundzeki
      Jacquito wa Mpungu rend hommage à Rapha BoundzekiSource: www.starducongo.com« Cœur brisé » est le nom de l’album que l’artiste musicienne Jacquito wa Mpungu vient de sortir, à la mémoire de son défunt mari Rapha Boundzeki. Il contient douze titres chantés en lari, français…
    • Applications for Short-Film Competition Accepted Now: 3rd Okinawa International Movie Festival ‘Worl
      Applications for Short-Film Competition Accepted Now: 3rd Okinawa International Movie Festival ‘WorlSource: www.prnewswire.comApplications for Short-Film Competition Accepted Now: 3rd Okinawa International Movie Festival ‘Worldwide Laugh’ – Make People Laugh without Translation.
    • Quelle est la langue de Genève? : CIVITAS
      Quelle est la langue de Genève? : CIVITASSource: civitas.blog.tdg.ch Un observateur de la langue française vient d’être nommé par l’Association suisse des journalistes en la personne de El Hadji Gorgui Wade…
    • Babylon : lance “Babylon 9″
      Babylon : lance “Babylon 9″Source: www.boursier.comCours de Bourse et conseils boursiers en ligne : Boursier.com propose des informations et recommandations pour bien investir et gérer son portefeuille en fonction de l’actualité boursière de la Bourse de Paris (CAC40) et de New York (Nasdaq, Dow Jones)
    • Artslink.co.za – Award-winning play at the Baxter
      Artslink.co.za – Award-winning play at the BaxterSource: www.artlink.co.zaFrench-Canadian playwright Suzanne Lebeau’s award-winning play The Ogreling comes to the Baxter for a short season in February.
    • Job: Translation Consultant, The Bible Society of Nigeria | Metaglossia
      Job: Translation Consultant, The Bible Society of Nigeria | MetaglossiaSource: metaglossia.wordpres…The Position: The position reports to the Assistant General Secretary – Publishing, The job holder ensures that translation under his/her supervision meets very strict exegetical accuracy in relationship to the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek original texts, He al […]
    • Hooray for Seffrican Inglish – Sowetan LIVE
      Hooray for Seffrican Inglish – Sowetan LIVESource: www.sowetanlive.co.zaTHE English are stupid, unimaginative or have simply given up on the ownership of their language.

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