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
Quartz
Even after Brexit, English will remain the language that holds the EU together
2 min · · In the EU, English is here to stay, whether the French like it or not. · Shared by 7, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
BBC News (World)
Australia’s ancient language shaped by sharks
9 min · · It’s especially unusual because men and women speak different dialects; while women have a passive understanding of men’s language they do not speak it, and vice versa for the men. · Shared by 6, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Quartz
More than 2,000 of the world’s languages are dying out
9 min · · As long as humans have formed shared identities around ethnicity, religion, race, language, and culture, those identities have been subject to erasure. · Shared by 8, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Lapham’s Quarterly
The Untranslatables | Lapham’s Quarterly
· Capturing the mind in a word. · Shared by 6, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Phys.org
Mother tongue versus father tongue—a new study reconciles the two hypotheses
4 min · · Does the mother or father have a stronger influence on their children's language? The mother tongue hypothesis suggests that language usage follows matrilineal inheritance. The father tongue hypothesis ... · Shared by 8, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Lukas Stickelberger
BBC News (World)
The language the French forbade
10 min · · Despite centuries of efforts to make standardised French the language of all of France, Occitan, which is intrinsically tied to the local culture, could not be suppressed. · Shared by 8, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Grammar Girl is also @grammargirl@zirk.us
indy100
13 words we borrowed from Arabic
10 min · · Arabic is one of the five most spoken languages in the world, with some 400 million users. It's also one of the most ancient, varied and beautifully scripted languages in existence. Its influence on Spanish since the time of the Moors is well known, but what's less well known is how many commonly used English words were actually taken from Arabic. Here are just thirteen. · Shared by 12, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Aeon+Psyche
Raising a multilingual family is hard
8 min · · Parents have many reasons for raising their children with multiple languages. Some hope for better career opportunities for their offspring, while others focus on the reported cognitive and intellectual benefits of learning an additional tongue, i... · Shared by 16, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
BBC News (World)
The huge benefits of working in your second language
Summary · 9 min · · In today’s globalized work world, speaking a second language can give you a leg up: Being multilingual can multiply job opportunities and expand the scope of your work. But working in a nonnative tongue can also feel clumsy and inefficient. Writing for BBC Capital, Bogotá-based journalist José Luis Peñarredonda reveals some unexpected advantages of working in a nonnative language – including benefits in analytical thinking and negotiating. getAbstract recommends this encouraging exploration to anyone who’s struggling in a second language. · Shared by 39, including ron boger, getAbstract, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Discover Magazine
From Mouth to Mind: How Language Governs Our Perceptions of Gender
7 min · · Some languages don't use gendered pronouns, some assign genders to everything. · Shared by 10, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl
The Economist
What Koko the gorilla could and couldn’t do
5 min · · Communication and language are not the same thing · Shared by 12, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Philipp.
The Economist
Hunting for fossils in the quirks of language
5 min · · Metaphors and clichés are often a record of bygone cultures · Shared by 9, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
The Guardian
Tweets going viral: birds can 'learn second language' from peers
4 min · · The Australian fairy wren can master the meaning of a few key ‘words’ by listening to other species · Shared by 10, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
The Economist
The natural wildness of the English language
5 min · · The Economist’s Johnson columnist argues that linguistic change should be embraced as evolution · Shared by 9, including Ines Bieler, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Quartz
America’s fastest growing foreign language is from south India
2 min · · No, it's not Hindi. · Shared by 19, including Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
The Guardian
Alaska declares emergency for Native American languages
3 min · · Governor Bill Walker aims to promote and preserve all 20 recognized indigenous tongues in the state before they die out · Shared by 9, including Christopher Sikkenga, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator