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
Laws endangered indigenous languages, but new legislation tries to make amends — Quartz
3 min · · Legislation first pushed indigenous languages to the fringes of society years ago. Now, governments are using laws to try and revive them, but language needs more than policy. · Shared by 10, including Carly, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Quartz
French is now the fifth most spoken world language and growing—thanks to Africans
2 min · · “The center of gravity of the Francophonie continues to move south.” · Shared by 13, including Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao
Quartz
The language you speak changes the colors you see
3 min · · There wasn’t an English word for the color “orange” until 200 years after the citrus fruit of the same name arrived in Europe. Before then, the color was called by the two other colors that, when… · Shared by 19, including We are Colorblind, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
wef.ch
This is why babies are so much better than you at learning languages
5 min · · Researchers have developed a play-based educational program that can teach babies a second language in just one hour per day. · Shared by 11, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
wef.ch
Speaking more than one language can boost economic growth
4 min · · Being multilingual has been linked to higher exports, higher incomes and a healthier workforce. Proving it's never too soon to introduce more languages to your life. · Shared by 8, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
The Economist
Mistakes are the engine of language’s evolution
3 min · · An apron was once a napron, an adder a nadder · Shared by 13, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
The Economist
The fight to save European dialects in Brazil
4 min · · The challenges of urbanisation, globalisation and the primacy of Portuguese · Shared by 11, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Mental Floss
25 Foreign Words With Hilarious Literal Meanings
15+ min · · Beware of "paper vampires" and "ghost breath." · Shared by 9, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
The Economist
Language is the last frontier for Hollywood film-makers
4 min · · The use of Xhosa in “Black Panther” gave it a foreign flair. But directors can be bolder · Shared by 14, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, M.G. Siegler
BBC News (World)
The words that change what colours we see
6 min · · Depending on what language you speak, your eye perceives colours – and the world – differently than someone else. · Shared by 9, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Esther Schindler
Merriam-Webster
Words With London Origins
12+ min · · A must read if you think the Brits have a way with words. · Shared by 13, including Esther Schindler, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Open Culture
How Does Language Shape the Way We Think? Cognitive Scientist Lera Boroditsky Explains
11+ min · ·
Imagine a jellyfish waltzing in a library while thinking about quantum mechanics. · Shared by 13, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
The Economist
Classifying languages is about politics as much as linguistics
5 min · · The nationalism of small linguistic differences · Shared by 12, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
World Economic Forum
This is America's fastest growing language. Clue: It might not be what you expect
3 min · · 21.8% of the US population speaks a foreign language at home. · Shared by 14, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Lukas Stickelberger
The Economist
In the court of common usage, an old pronoun is losing its case
4 min · · For whom, the bell tolls · Shared by 15, including Matthew Guay, Dominic Grzbielok, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
The Atlantic
The 'H' In IMHO Does Not Mean Humble or Honest
17+ min · · We all know what imho means. · Shared by 16, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Felix M, Joe Germuska