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
BBC News (World)
Typo on millions of Australian bank notes
1 min · · Australia's A$50 note has a blunder in the small print - and it took more than six months to spot. · Shared by 12, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Boas Ruh
suissebook.ch
Wenn Schweizer Hochdeutsch reden: 16 Wörter, die in Deutschland kein Schwein versteht.
2 min · · Sprachbarriere zwischen Deutschen und Schweizern · Shared by 4, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
JSTOR Daily
Are We Being Framed?
6 min · · How the linguistic trick of framing shapes meaning--and can lead to deception. · Shared by 12, including Charles Baldwin, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
BBC News (World)
Can technology help you lose an accent?
7 min · · The trick to losing a heavy accent and imitating native English speakers may lie in re-training the brain to hear new frequencies, writes Farah Khalique. · Shared by 9, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Esther Schindler
asymptotejournal.com
On Criticizing Translation: An Interview with Tim Parks
· Rather than developing some special antenna for translation, we might all do well simply to read more attentively in general. · Shared by 4, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Scientific American
How Language Shapes the Brain
4 min · · The ascent of Japan’s Emperor Naruhito offers a lesson in the neuroscientific power of words · Shared by 52, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Josep M. Ganyet, Dominik Grolimund, Jane, Ward Plunet
HubSpot
15 of the Best 'About Us' & 'About Me' Pages and How to Make Your Own
20+ min · · Get inspired by these awesome 'About Us' and 'About Me' page examples from real businesses, and find out how to make your own. · Shared by 79, including Warren Whitlock, Stephan Spencer, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Gérard Godin, Mark Kaigwa, Pam Didner, Connecticut SEO
articulatemarketing.com
How to write compelling blog posts
3 min · · Get the low down on how to write blog posts from the team at Articulate. We write thousands each year for our clients: here are a few tips. · Shared by 184, including Gero Pflüger 🫡💙, Florian Hanke 🍎, Matthew J. Adams, Amel Mehenaoui, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Essaadi, penzy, Nelson Vauxhall, Peter Wennersten, Will Preston, Herbert Bay, samz, Tris Hussey, Ron Sela, Daniel Jörg, Eleanor | The Copywriter, Helmi, John Jantsch, Sorin Amzu
felixjamestin.com
the secret behind great copywriting
3 min · · all great copywriting share a few underlying patterns. here's the secret ingredient to making your copy more persuasive and memorable. · Shared by 44, including Atul Pradhananga, Victor Tolosa, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
HubSpot
10 Universal Writing Rules from The Onion’s Founding Editor
10 min · · Scott Dikkers shares the 10 writing rules that took The Onion from a local print magazine to a globally renowned media house with nearly 20 million social followers and over 10 million monthly visitors. · Shared by 65, including Mike Taylor, Scott Brinker, Ilia Markov, John ʕ꘠ ͟ʖ꘠ʔ Ford, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Katja Evertz, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Eddie Shleyner 🇺🇦, Carl Morris, Ալետա Սերոբյան
Oxford Dictionaries
Weather idioms: winds and storms
2 min · · We recently took a look at idioms from around the world that use rain as a metaphor; today we turn our attention to those from German, Chinese, Russian, and more, that use winds and storms to get their point across. 1. In den Wind schreiben Language: German Translation: To write in the wind What does it […] · Shared by 8, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
angelikasgerman.co.uk
10 German food-related idioms - Angelika's German Tuition & Translation
5 min · · 10 (plus one) German food-related idioms and their meanings, for you enjoy and maybe use next time you speak top a German ☺ · Shared by 5, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Handelszeitung
Was die schlimmsten Anglizismen im Büro bedeuten
4 min · · Immer wieder fallen während der Arbeit eigenartig wirkende Sätze. Welche Absicht sich hinter den englischen Pseudo-Fachbegriffen verbirgt. · Shared by 7, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Mental Floss
10 Gaelic Loanwords to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day
3 min · · On account of conquest, commerce, and immigration over hundreds of years, the English and Irish languages have mingled together and intertwined. · Shared by 8, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
EL PAÍS
¿Cómo llaman los rusos a la ensaladilla rusa, la montaña rusa, el filete ruso y la ruleta rusa?
5 min · · Las montañas rusas son montañas americanas . · Shared by 8, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, verne
EL PAÍS
El misterio del indoeuropeo
5 min · · Los historiadores buscan una respuesta al origen del tronco común de la mitad de las lenguas del planeta · Shared by 6, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator