A great deal of words has been dedicated to the #conundrum of foreignness in #translation. Many linguists and professors have pondered this problem and quarrelled over it, debated about it and written very lengthy papers to analyze it, but all to no avail; the opinions are so varied, and the offered solutions so numerous, that it would almost make one yearn for the olden days when you were either for or against. To discuss all of this in one blog post is impossible. Rather, I

Millions of people around the world do what they must to survive, to fight another day and to feed their family. They are true unsung heroes, who will never be the centre of #movies or songs but when we come across their stories, whether personally or through a #documentary of some sorts, and appreciate how much of their focus is on what really matters, we cannot believe how small our daily problems are, and how fortunate we are to have the life we have right now, even if it

The #city ground to a halt in #places yesterday as thousands of #migrant #Syrians took over the streets whilst waiting to vote in next week’s #elections, so my plans for today are cancelled. #Phone out, #number selected, dialed and connected and my #café friend from last week picks up. She had offered and I had accepted and today like me she is now free. So today, she and I, we Jaunt. Morning in the #National Museum surrounded by #Phoenician artefacts and #The SurSock for #m

Moley #Robotics wants to revolutionise our home cooking through a robotised #cooking machine. This futuristic chef is capable of cooking up to two thousand dishes without any human-assistance! The machine has all the tools of a regular kitchen at its disposal (refrigerator, dishwasher and oven) and two articulated arms that accurately mimic what human chefs do while cooking. #Masterchef's winner Tim Anderson was the selected role model of the machine. While he prepared severa

Learning a new #language is tricky #business. It is a process that takes time and perseverance, and the road to #linguistic success is long and full with never-ending classes, tongue-twisting new syllables to master and discouraging moments where native speakers look at you with a puzzled look on their faces, because they have no idea what you just said – and neither did you. But hey, it’s not all bad. Because guess what? Once you conquer those hurdles and actually have your

A #language is a fluid. Constantly changing its shape and moulding itself to its #environment. Recent #technological #innovations have had a dramatic impact on our ways of #communicating and so our language has adapted to those changes. The three #letter #acronyms used in #SMS (such as OMG & LOL) have become so popular that they now exist in the #spoken language in their own right. Although the more elaborate versions of this (ROTFL etc.) still tend to be used only in #comput