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
The Guardian
How to write the perfect sentence
20+ min · · Orwell advised cutting as many words as possible, Woolf found energy in verbs, and Baldwin aimed for ‘a sentence as clean as a bone’. What can we learn from celebrated authors about the art of writing well? · Shared by 721, including Stefan T, Michael Duergner, @AlgoCompSynth@ravenation.club by znmeb, Alf Rehn, Maja Grolimund-Kurth, designshard, Andrzej Jóźwik, Dominik Grolimund, Henneke Duistermaat, Florian Hanke 🍎, Jacob Jarnvall, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Stephanie A Kowalski, Lukas Stickelberger, Katja Evertz, Esther Schindler, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Yvette Dubel, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Helmi
Harvard Business Review
How to Write Email with Military Precision
6 min · · Shared by 403, including Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Luis Roig | @darum@indieweb.social, tektology, Kevin_Indig, Bryan Onel, Jochen Burkhard, Jacob du Toit, Stefan Noll, David Nagel, Claudia Sommer, Dom Zuend, Courtney Bolton ★, Niklaus Gerber, Frank Hamm, Connie Ragen Green, Mark Kaigwa, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Henneke Duistermaat, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Andy Budd
The Atlantic
Did Toolmaking Pave the Road for Human Language?
6 min · · A provocative theory argues that the same cerebral pathways used for toolmaking allowed language to flourish. · Shared by 346, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Grammar Girl is also @grammargirl@zirk.us, Stephen C Sanders, Jane
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 202, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Jane, Dominik Grolimund, Charles Baldwin, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing
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 183, 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
The Atlantic
The Problem With ‘Hey Guys’
8 min · · A broad coalition of English speakers—teachers, retail workers, ice-cream scoopers, and plenty of others—is grasping for a more inclusive greeting. · Shared by 156, including Esther Schindler, Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Carl Morris, Marsha Collier, Scott Williams, hiten.eth, 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 141, including Rick Powell, Charles Baldwin, Jakob Bronebakk, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
Aeon+Psyche
Why is English so weirdly different from other languages? by John McWhorter — Aeon
16+ min · · No, English isn’t uniquely vibrant or mighty or adaptable. But it really is weirder than pretty much every other language · Shared by 118, including Dr. A.S. Barwich, adrianoesch, Uyên Đỗ, Jason Silva, Alex Barrera, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social, John Hagel, Oliver Reichenstein, Kevin Marks 🏠kevinmarks.com xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Bruno T., Graham Marshall, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Kevin Kelly, Tauno
Quartz
Metaphors can change our opinions in ways we don’t even realize
5 min · · Emerging research tells us that a single metaphor can have consequences for how we think, and be powerful tools in the hands of those looking to shape our opinions. · Shared by 80, including Nadine Afram, Dayyan Smith, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, blinch, Christophe Jean, Florian Hanke 🍎, Philippe, hiten.eth
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
Brain Pickings
10 Tips on Writing from David Ogilvy
3 min · · “Never write more than two pages on any subject.” · Shared by 73, including Tauno, Stowe Boyd, Philippe Gauvin, Sara Tian, Oliver Gassner https://mastodon.social/@oliverg, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Henneke Duistermaat, Ste Davies, Stephanie A Kowalski
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
The Guardian
10 of the best words in the world (that don't translate into English)
20+ min · · As millions head abroad, our correspondents pick out the words that for them speak volumes about the countries they love and live in · Shared by 59, including @grzewap@mastodon.social, Stephanie A Kowalski, Liv 😷, Guy Kawasaki, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Aamir Raz
The Guardian
No more 'nagging wives': how Oxford Dictionaries is cleaning up sexist language
4 min · · After extensive research, reference publisher is quietly replacing examples that ‘unnecessarily perpetuate stereotypes’ – while also reflecting how language is used · Shared by 54, including Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Noely ⚡️🏐, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Jane
Scientific American
Why AI Needs to Be Able to Understand All the World's Languages
4 min · · The benefits of mobile technology are not accessible to most of the world’s 700 million illiterate people · Shared by 52, including René Clausen Nielsen, Albert Ràfols, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Bob E. Hayes, Harold Sinnott, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Stanford HAI
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