Category Archives: Languages
Overseas and beyond: Italian authors and the American charm
Italian literature is thousands of years old. Not much younger was it when, in the 1930s, Italian authors and translators started looking a bit farther to find inspiration. American literature … Continue reading
Hashtag or Mot-Dièse: adopting or adapting? New words and the translation issue
New words come to life everyday. Without realising it, we welcome, use and throw away thousands loads of words in our written and spoken communication. Most of these are forged … Continue reading
Fritzes, Poilus,Tommys and their war of words in the trenches
Every time I read accounts on the Great War, I stumble upon nicknames that seem to appear out of nowhere, but sound as if they had been lingering in folklore … Continue reading
There’s something about Swedish
The Swedish language: what a challenge! To be honest, I don’t see why one would bother with learning Swedish without thinking of Sweden: first, there is a historical and cultural … Continue reading
The Færøe Islands: a small place for a great literature
Despite its recent history, Faroese literature has managed to become the most read literature in the islands, surpassing the interest towards literatures of the neighbouring and much bigger countries like … Continue reading
Into the words: Finnish and untranslatability
Isn’t it amazing to find out that some languages can condense names and concepts all packed into one, sometimes short, word? On previously discussed posts such as “On not knowing … Continue reading
Something about Q
That’s quite right: the least used letter in the English language has to be “Q“. Not only that, but most words beginning with the letter “q” are always followed by … Continue reading
Translating city names: tradition or history?
Welcome to London. Bienvenido a Londres. Benvenuto a Londra. Three different names for three different languages. Why does culture impose a change of name when it comes to translating names … Continue reading
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