Archives - 21.02.11

• Love story's charms somewhat lost in translation
  Love story's charms somewhat lost in translationSource: www.timescolonist.comEntertainment news on celebrities, music, theatre reviews, television, local TV listings guide, books and contests. Read Times Colonist to get current news on entertainment in Victoria.,It Is Just That Your House Is So Far Away -- By Steve Noyes
• A dozen priests say no to new missal translation - CathNews
  A dozen priests say no to new missal translation - CathNewsSource: www.cathnews.commissal translation priest protest - At least a dozen Australian priests have indicated they will refuse to use the new Mass translation which comes into force later this year, and hundred more are angry about the lack of consultation over the translation, reports the Sydney Mo […]
• Handheld Medical Interpreter Speaks 100 Languages: The Phrazer
  Handheld Medical Interpreter Speaks 100 Languages: The PhrazerSource: inventorspot.comNew invention provides medical interpretation through images and phrases in patient's own language: the Phrazer.
• The American Translators Association Says Human Linguists Are Not in Jeopardy - PR.com
  The American Translators Association Says Human Linguists Are Not in Jeopardy - PR.comSource: www.pr.comThe American Translators Association Says Human Linguists Are Not in Jeopardy - on PR.com
• Review: Flying at the Off Center [Theater] - Austinist
  Review: Flying at the Off Center [Theater] - AustinistSource: austinist.comThe script chronicles the downward slide into awareness and culpability of a pack of jejune, reckless media mavens. Interestingly, every line in the patchwork script is extracted from interviews Muhkina held with the young elite of the Russian entertainment industry . The first act co […]
• Aso Ebi On My Mind (Part One) | OSUN DEFENDER
  Aso Ebi On My Mind (Part One) | OSUN DEFENDERSource: www.osundefender.orgBy Pius Adesanmi Keynote lecture delivered at the African Textiles Exhibition of Carleton University’s Arts Gallery, February 16, 2011It was one of those
• Día Internacional de la Lengua Materna - 21 de febrero
  Día Internacional de la Lengua Materna - 21 de febreroSource: www.un.orgTodas las lenguas están vinculadas entre sí por sus orígenes y los préstamos que se hacen unas a otras, pero cada una es una fuente única de sentido para comprender, escribir y expresar la realidad.Las lenguas maternas cumplen una función especial al aportar el material con el que se nom […]
• Today is International Mother Language Day 2011: “The use of ICTs for safeguarding and promoting lan
  Today is International Mother Language Day 2011: “The use of ICTs for safeguarding and promoting lanSource: metaglossia.wordpress.com
• UNESCO Director-General's Message for International Mother Language Day, 21 February
  UNESCO Director-General's Message for International Mother Language Day, 21 FebruarySource: www.un.orgAll languages are linked through their origins and borrowing, but each is a unique source of meaning for understanding, writing and expressing reality.
• Message de la Directrice générale de l'UNESCO à propos de la Journée internationale de la langue mat
  Message de la Directrice générale de l'UNESCO à propos de la Journée internationale de la langue matSource: www.un.orgToutes les langues sont liées par leurs origines et leurs emprunts mais chacune est unique dans ses acceptions quand il s’agit de comprendre, d’écrire et d’exprimer la réalité.Les langues maternelles ont ceci de particulier qu’elles cont […]
• Journée internationale de la langue maternelle, 21 février
  Journée internationale de la langue maternelle, 21 févrierSource: www.un.org« Les technologies de l’information et de la communication peuvent être particulièrement utiles à la promotion des langues maternelles. Il faut utiliser la force du progrès pour protéger les visions du monde dans leur diversité et promouvoir toutes les sources de savoir et formes d’e […]
• International Mother Language Day, 21 February
  International Mother Language Day, 21 FebruarySource: www.un.org“The mother language, in which the first words are uttered and individual thought expressed, is the foundation for the history and culture of each individual. ... Languages are the best vehicles of mutual understanding and tolerance. Respect for all languages is a key factor for ensurin […]
• One book fair closes, another one opens
  One book fair closes, another one opensSource: www.almasryalyoum.comThe press already is bringing out Galal Amin's Egypt in the Era of Hosni Mubarak, 1981-2010 with a new subtitle (1981-2011) and a new introduction by Amin. Alaa al-Aswany's On the State of Egypt: A Novelist's Provocative Reflections, translated into English by journalist Jonat […]
• China Deletes Egypt Song
  China Deletes Egypt SongSource: www.rfa.orgThe video, which includes limited English subtitles, addresses the "awakened lion" that is the Egyptian people."Go, go, go! Forge on ahead. The awakened lion is roaring," the lyrics read. "It will smash corruption, and bury the dictatorship.""Mighty Egypt has no room for clowns. Wi […]
• 'Even the middle classes are hit by war' - Features, Books - The Independent
  'Even the middle classes are hit by war' - Features, Books - The IndependentSource: www.independent.co.ukCycling around the quiet lanes of Key West, the writers' village in Florida where Ernest Hemingway loved to fish, you forget that Guantanamo Bay is only 90 miles away. Wobble down the main drag, past the jaunty bars and ice cream parlours, […]
• A few words with W.S. Merwin - Mauinews.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Visitor's Information - The Maui N
  A few words with W.S. Merwin - Mauinews.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Visitor's Information - The Maui NSource: www.mauinews.comLast October, not long after winning his second Pulitzer Prize, longtime Haiku resident William S.
• KBC to open translation centre in biotechnology | KCB | Biotechnology | Indian Express
  KBC to open translation centre in biotechnology | KCB | Biotechnology | Indian ExpressSource: expressbuzz.comTHIRUVANATHAPURAM: To pep up the growth of biotech industry in the state and to convert innovations in science to products of industrial importance, the Kerala Biotechnology Commission (KBC) is all set to open a translation centre at the Kannur Univer […]
• Translations / Gained in translation
  Translations / Gained in translationSource: www.haaretz.comEdith Grossman examines the crucial role that the rendering of literature in other languages does in the bridging of cultures. Yael Hedaya, in her dark novel 'Eden,' gives us entree into a generation of Israelis whose ethos is seldom exposed to non-Hebrew readers.
• Gérontechnologie . net — Vieillissement et vieillesse : un dictionnaire de la gérontologie sociale
  Gérontechnologie . net — Vieillissement et vieillesse : un dictionnaire de la gérontologie socialeSource: www.gerontechnologie.netLe Dictionnaire de la gérontologie sociale vient de paraître aux Editions ERES.Coordonné par Richard Vercauteren, enseignant sociologue et gérontologue, cet ouvrage ne se limite pas à des définitions mais, comme le soulignent les […]
• Professors in Profile: An Interview with LInguistics Professor Melissa Curtin | The Bottom Line
  Professors in Profile: An Interview with LInguistics Professor Melissa Curtin | The Bottom LineSource: thebottomline.as.ucs...“Some folks look at linguistics as a model of a closed system, focusing on the logic of how the structure works. Other folks would say language is systematic, but how is it really being used? How are these language structures shaped o […]