Hello, my dear readers! I hope your week is off to a wonderful start so far! But in case you’re feeling a bit bored, I have something special in store for you. Translation Tuesday is all about the joys of translation (as well as the...
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Translation Tuesday–Guest Post from Lincoln!
Greetings, lovely GLNers, and welcome to Translation Tuesday! Today we’ve got a treat for you: a guest post from our Swedish teacher, Lincoln. Read on to experience one of his finer moments learning Swedish!
Swedish "Klia" versus "Kila" -- Big Difference!
Circa the late Eisenhower Administration, I...
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Translation Tuesday–Translation Fun Fact!
If you’re a (language) nerd, this post is definitely for you. Even if you’re not a nerd, this post is still for you. You just might not be feeling as giddy as I am. You might not have extra adrenaline coursing through your veins as...
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Translation Tuesday–Gemütlichkeit
As we witnessed last Tuesday, trying to express yourself in a foreign language can be a funny thing. And by funny, I of course mean terribly embarrassing.
But difficult translations don’t always have to end in heartbreak! Sometimes it seems impossible to translate a word...
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Translation Tuesday!
Ever have a lost in translation moment?
When you thought you were saying one thing, but in reality something completely different was coming out of your mouth? Something unexpected and pretty inappropriate?
…Yeah, me either. Definitely not.
Except…oh, wait. There was that one time. Silly me.
I was but...
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