Posts Tagged ‘Language’
Singing in Occitan. Beautifully.
A week or two ago I hear a recording on Radio Scotland of Dawn Upshaw singing Baïlèro, one of the Songs from the Auvergne: a collection of folk songs from the Auvergne region of France arranged for soprano voice and orchestra or piano by Joseph Canteloube between 1923 and 1930 […] in the local language, Occitan. […]
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Tags: Dawn Upshaw, Joseph Canteloube, Language, music, Netania Davrath, Occitan
…the phrase means: A person suited for one job may not be suited for another job. The practice of choosing the best person for a particular job. Once again, the Wikipedia family (in this case Wiktionary) refers to the translation profession to illustrate usage: The term is widely used in the foreign-language translation industry, where […]
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Tags: English, idioms, Language, phrases, translation industry, Wiktionary
The Scottish Government has just published the results of a poll to identify the nation’s favourite Scots word. The winner was “dreich”, which means “wet”, “cold” and/or “gloomy”. I’m not sure if that describes the Scottish weather, or just our character. Respondents were asked to choose their favourite from a list of 8 Scots language […]
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Tags: Language, poll, Scotland, scots, Scots language, Scottish Government, words
Time for a poll, I think, what with David Cameron throwing the gatto among the piccioni with his planned referendum on membership of the European Union. For some of us, EU membership is a business/market access issue, for some it’s all about annoying rules and regulations, and for others it’s emotional — we feel European. A […]
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Tags: business, Business, European Union, Language, polls, Polls, Translation, UK referendum
GIGO… The brand
Oh Lord, I’ve just discovered a brand that’s a perfect marriage of product names and GIGO. (A pure coincidence, I swear). I bring you GIGO underwear, “100% MADE IN COLOMBIA”. Watch your back, David Beckham.
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Tags: branding, Business, GIGO, Language, marketing, naming, Underwear
Words to good effect 