Language and Translation
Articles on language, translation and writing collected by Mariella Petrigni, Translator from English and German to Italian, www.mptranslations.it
Collection by Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
youtube.com
Former FBI Agent Explains How to Read Body Language
· Former FBI agent and body language expert Joe Navarro breaks down the various ways we communicate non-verbally. What does it mean when we fold our arms? Why ... · Shared by 30, including Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, osioke.eth, Prof. Arun Kumar वाघचौरे, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
BBC News (World)
Macron thanks PM's 'delicious wife'
2 min · · The French president's usually excellent English failed him for a moment in front of the cameras. · Shared by 4, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Daily Writing Tips
15 Groovy, Awesome, Swell and Cool Words
4 min · · What’s your favorite word of compliment or admiration? How do you express approval? These are important questions for each generation of young people, who want their vocabulary to distinguish them… · Shared by 10, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
connexionfrance.com
Ubériser, Adulescence: The new must-know French words
2 min · · Two weeks before the release of the 2020 edition of classic French dictionary Le Petit Larousse, 150 new words and expressions have been leaked, revealing a host of recent societal trends. · Shared by 4, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Oxford Dictionaries
6 punctuation marks you might be using incorrectly
4 min · · Are you someone who get's bugged by incorrect punctuation marks? Let’s take a look at several popular, though often confused, punctuation marks. · Shared by 7, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Phys.org
Testifying while black: A linguistic analysis of disparities in court transcription
2 min · · A new study has found that court reporters transcribe speakers of African American English significantly below their required level of accuracy. The study "Testifying while black: An experimental… · Shared by 8, including Grammar Girl is also @grammargirl@zirk.us, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
The Guardian
Last name first, first name last: Japan minister tells foreign media to get it right
2 min · · Taro Kono – or is it Kono Taro? – says journalists should treat Japanese politicians the same as their Chinese or South Korean equivalents · Shared by 11, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
The Economist
Daniel Hahn on the art of translation
3 min · · A translator does not transcribe a text, he argues, nor do they rewrite it · Shared by 11, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
persoenlich.com
Geschlechtergerechte Sprache: «Der Genderstern ermöglicht Diversität auf Wortebene»
5 min · · Höchste Zeit oder ein Stolperstein im Lesefluss? Formulierungen wie Leser*innen oder Kund*innen sind umstritten. Die Hürden zum Genderstern seien nicht grösser als jene zur neuen Rechtschreibung, sagt… · Shared by 7, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
National Post
New Heinz condiment Mayochup has an unfortunate translation in Cree
1 min · · ‘We the Cree people are laughing about it because of what it means in our language,’ says Grand Chief Jonathan Solomon · Shared by 17, including Mathew Ingram, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Oxford Dictionaries
5 words you didn’t know were acronyms
6 min · · An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word. Are there words that are acronyms you didn't know? · Shared by 7, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Nautilus Magazine
The English Word That Hasn’t Changed in Sound or Meaning in 8,000 Years
5 min · · The word lox was one of the clues that eventually led linguists to discover who the Proto-Indo-Europeans were, and where they lived.Photograph… · Shared by 81, including Rick Powell, Charles Baldwin, Jakob Bronebakk, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
EL PAÍS
Decir ‘storytelling’ en vez de ‘narrativa’ no te hace más listo y puede dañar tu cultura
10 min · · La tecnología nos ha llenado de nuevas palabras y hace que estas circulen a mayor velocidad. Pero, ¿son todas necesarias y resulta inocuo su uso? La respuesta es NO · Shared by 12, including EL PAÍS RETINA, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Marcos
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
«Tim und Struppi» sprechen jetzt auch Liechtensteiner Dialekt
2 min · · Der 1939 erschienene Comic «König Ottokars Zepter» liegt in einer neuen Übersetzung vor: in Liechtensteiner Mundart. Und die Neuauflage wartet noch mit einer weiteren Überraschung auf. · Shared by 5, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
lacucinaitaliana.it
Parla come mangi: il cibo nei proverbi e nei modi di dire in Italia
3 min · · “Ma parla come mangi”. Chi non se lo è mai sentito dire? Pochissimi, c’è da starne certi. Il cibo è infatti uno dei grandi protagonisti di proverbi e modi dire italiani che dalla cucina sono riusciti… · Shared by 5, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Aeon+Psyche
In the beginning was the word, and the word was embodied
16+ min · · A special class of vivid, textural words defy linguistic theory: could ‘ideophones’ unlock the secrets of humans’ first utterances? · Shared by 92, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Jane, Dominik Grolimund, Charles Baldwin, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing
