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Laurent stood alone, flanked by his own set of guards. Â His expression could not be read, except for, if you knew him, the courage that he sustained although he was alone, and tired, and without friends, and he must know that it was close to the end. Â
And then Damen was pricked into the hall at sword point, and Laurent turned and saw him.
It was clear he had not expected Damen - he had not expected anyone.
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A.C. Strip has long understood the significance of the diary his older brother kept as they fled the Holocaust with their parents. He turned it into a self-published book that he gave to his brother as a 90th birthday gift.
But Strip never considered the diary to be an important historical document. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is making him rethink that.
Stripâs brotherâs journal is one of more than 200 diaries written by Holocaust victims and survivors the museum hopes to digitize and make available to the public with the help of its first crowd-funding campaign. The museum is seeking $250,000 for the project and will begin soliciting donations through Kickstarter on Monday, the birthday of the most famous Holocaust diarist, Anne Frank.
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Donate here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ushmm/save-their-stories-undiscovered-diaries-of-the-hol
If their goal is reached, their entire diary collection will be catalogued, translated, and published online for EVERYONE. They hope to stem holocaust denial by the power of so many readily-available firsthand accounts.
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How often, if ever, does your character use idioms?
Thatâs the one thing that annoys me about my writing. English is not my native language, so Iâm very hesitant to use idioms (and metaphors)âŚ
If you would like to write in English, with English-as-a-first language characters, there are many sites online that compile lists of idioms and their meanings.
If you would like to write a non-native English speaker, I recommend them using direct translations of idioms of their native language, even if they speak English very well, to set them apart from other characters.
Here are a few sites that have lists of idioms:
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In my experience, non-native English speakers tend to not use direct translations of idioms from their native language (they may try once or twice but they realize that the message doesnât get across pretty quickly). Many of them refrain from using idioms altogether, or will use idioms that theyâve learned but in the wrong contexts. It takes lots of practice to get idioms right and some are easier to learn than others. Something else Iâve noticed is that English language learners will often come to the wrong meaning of idioms if itâs their first time encountering them. It took my students days to figure out that âgetting on your nervesâ does not mean âmake you nervous,â even though that makes sense if you recognize the word ânerveâ. (Note Iâm a native english speaker but I work as an ESL instructor for adults learning English)
I suppose that is more realistic; my original response was to give writers a way to show the characterâs cultural upbringing a bit more, but more realistic reactions in regards to idioms is useful as well.
Translating from a language to another if youâre writing a non-native English speaker might be kinda racist if your character does speak English very well. After a certain time learning English, most students tend to start thinking in English and can forget a word in their mother language but remember it in English.
Basic level English speakers (A1/A2 CEFR and Cambridge KET): Probably wonât talk to natives because theyâre ashamed of their accent or making mistakes in simple sentences. Depending if their native language has neutral gender pronouns, basic level English speakers may not understand âtheyâ is also a neutral gender pronoun. Think on their own language and translate it to English.
Intermediate level English speakers (B1 CEFR and Cambridge PET/B2 CEFR and Cambridge FCE): Not really afraid of talking to natives. Misunderstands idiomatic expressions, misspells words and makes mistakes in some verbal tenses or structures. If a verb has an âabstract conceptâ other than an ortodox one, they may not get it straight. Canât read a very complex text but can read a hard text (however, they may need to read the same paragraph more than once to be sure they get whatâs written). Sometimes think straight on English, but mostly translate from their own language.
Advanced level English speakers (C1 CEFR and Cambridge CAE): Starts to use slangs, abbreviations and feels more freedom when talking to natives. Misspells less, uses âharderâ structures, gets most âabstract conceptsâ and idioms. May need to search a translation for a word they donât know in English. Almost always think in English when talking it and sometimes does it even when talking their mother language. Can forget words in their native language.
Proficient level English speakers (C2 CEFR and Cambridge CPE): Can correct native speakers. Probably ate an English dictionary for breakfast. Speaks like either an actual valley girl or an university professor. May do their homework in English instead of their mother language (my brother does it a lot and his teachers get mad at him for it). Always think in English when talking it and frequently think in English when talking their native language. Can think in English and translate it to their native language (I have to explain to people in our native country that my brother means support as âto give encouragementâ and not âto hold something so it wonât fallâ). Their consciousness may âspeak to themâ in English (you know that voice inside your head who says HOE DONâT DO IT? it may talk to you in English other than your native language). Also, their accent usually is light, but you can be proficient and have a hard accent.
Also, if youâre not bilingual, remember: bilingual people donât change languages suddently, espeacially in the same sentence or conversation. You never say âHow are vosotros?â or âExcuse me, Âżcomo estĂĄs?â (Iâm not a Spanish native speaker, but most Americans think of Mexican people when it comes to bilingual people). If it was like that, a polyglot like me would say something like âIch ne gust pas of maçãs rossasâ instead of âI donât like red applesâ.
Also, a person may only talk a language with regionalistic caracteristics if they either learned it from certain people (if you listen to too many British songs, you may get a British accent) or lived in a certain place (if you live in Mississipi you may talk like a redneck). In the aspect of dialects, you canât get the dialect from Berlin if you live in Hamburg unless you usually talk more to people from Berlin than ones from Hamburg (example in German because dialects are more obvious in German than other languages I know).
Even if two languages are too similar like Portuguese and Spanish, it doesnât means Spanish native speakers will understand everything Portuguese speakers say and the other way around. Also, both Spanish and Portuguese have very different accents, idioms and vocabulary in different countries or parts of the country. A Spanish nickname for ConcepciĂłn is Concha, but in Argentina âconchaâ means âpussyâ. In Portugal, a âraparigaâ is a girl and in Brazil a rapariga is a whore. In Southern Brazil, âcacetinhoâ means bread but itâs âlittle dickâ in the rest of the country.
Also, if youâre not bilingual, remember: bilingual people donât change languages suddently, espeacially in the same sentence or conversation.Â
Actually, they may. Itâs called code switching. Langfocus has a really informative and interesting video on it, which you can view here.
Oh yeah, as a bilingual who's studying 3 other languages I do mix up things very often. Sometimes an expression would sound so much better and fit in another language or I can't come up with the word in the language I'm speaking so my brain decides that to use terms nobody'll understand is totally fine
âIf you take it longer than 30 minutes, you end up in deep sleep. Have you ever taken a nap and felt worse when you woke up? Thatâs whatâs happening â youâre sleeping too long and youâre going into a stage of sleep thatâs very difficult to get out of.â Â [x]
Sleep inertia is a physiological state characterized by a decline in motor dexterity and a subjective feeling of grogginess immediately following an abrupt awakening. The impaired alertness may interfere with the ability to perform mental or physical tasks. Sleep inertia can also refer to the tendency of a person wanting to return to sleep.
Studies by the Human Factors Division at NASA Ames Research Center have shown that a variety of factors influence the severity and duration of sleep inertia. One includes:
Depth of sleep when awakened. After roughly 30 minutes, the brain enters into slow-wave sleep (deep sleep). Being awakened during this stage yields more sleep inertia than awakening from other stages of sleep. However, since one cannot predict accurately the stages of sleep that will occur within a nap, there is no physiological reason to try to limit the length of a nap. When one is sleep deprived, any sleep is good.
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So you know how you colloquially call a psychiatrist a âshrinkâ in English right ? Well, in German we colloquially call them a âSeelenklempnerâ which literally translates to âsoul plumberâ.
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Ok so the Italian Ministry for Health is fucking up big time. They just launched this unbelievably regressive campaign about fertility, which in its official presentation statements says itâs aimed at spreading awareness about: - the drop in birth rate in our country - the beauty of motherhood and fatherhood - the risks of illnesses that might impede becoming parents - medical help for men and women who canât conceive. So far so good, except for the line in italic, which is just a prelude to the actual marketing about the event, scheduled for September 22nd, called Fertility Day (bad name choice already. Thereâs a shitty thing in Italy, called Family day, which is basically a gathering of bigots promoting âthe traditional familyâ aka protesting against LGBT marriage/adoption). Examples to follow:
Translation:Â âBeauty doesnât age. Fertility does.â Wow, sexist.
Translation:Â âMale fertility is much more vulnerable than it looks.â
I can see them thinking. Yo, we just stated that women can stay beautiful but become worthless if they donât put their uterus to good use, thatâs unfair towards women! Letâs do a male equivalent. How do we make a good metaphore for a useless cock? *facepalm*
Translation:Â âCheers. Alcohol halves your fertility.â Oh, so weâre not having children because weâre too busy partying hard (there are two more like this one. One with cigarettes, the other one with drugs). Sounds about right. *sarcasm*
Translation:Â âFertility is a common good.â Fertility is possibly the most personal good? WTF?? Itâs MY - FUCKING - BODY.
Translation: âYoung parents. The best way to be creative.â PlusâŚ
Translation:Â âOur Constitution protects aware and responsible procreation.â
Sure. In a country where juvenile unemployment is over 40%, and where people under the age of 35 very rarely have a stable job that makes decent money, theyâre calling us out for not becoming parents while weâre still young. Weâre not being creative! Weâre being irresponsible drunks! Weâre not giving our contribution to make this country great and strong! Where did I hear this last one already? Oh right, it was common propaganda during the Fascist dictatorship.
Offensive. To my entire generation, whoâs been fucked over enough. To those who wish they could have children, but are dealing with their 10th underpaid temporary job, while being rejected everywhere because theyâre âoverqualifiedâ. To those who just arenât interested in having children. To the LGBT community whoâs been promised and then denied access to parenthood. To people who canât conceive, for whom access to insemination is extremely hard. To singles who maybe miracoulously have a stable economical situation and are denied parenthood.
In case you were wondering how far the Baby boomers vs Millennials issue could go, hereâs an example.
As person in a lesbian relationship who struggles to arrive at the end of the month, who gets called overqualified because of this shitty work system, who is enough RESPONSIBLE for not taking the duty of an extra mouth to feed when I cannot be sure if I am going to have a job month after month despite working perfectly fine, all I want to say is a very heartfelt VAFFANCULO for this fertility shit.
I wanted to articulate why this shit is just offensive and useless. It doesnât offer anything to the citizens, it doesnât promote any baby bonus stuff or extra money for people having children. Thereâs nothing. The message is âwe have an extremely low birth-rate so start breeding already.â Like itâs just so fucking pointless?????? why would young people with no money no future have a fucking baby?? and the worst is that in other campaign posters itâs implied that one son is not enough, that you gotta have more than one. WHAT FOR???
huh I hadnât seen the one about alcohol but GOOD GREAT hey I never wanted children anyway and I never say no to my alcohol sounds like Iâm promoting my interests
that said apparently they canceled this clusterfuck after noticing the effects of the campaign but like this looks like fascist propaganda when it comes to women and having kids. like. itâs been a century? wtf? and they expect people to up the birth rate in a situation where at twenty five youâre told that youâre lucky if you land some underpaid 500 euros per month job without benefits? whoâs going to pay for this kidâs upbringing, the grandparents? when *welfare* in italy is basically âhey your parents and grandparents could save money so theyâll help you out if thereâs the need or goodbyeâ? woooowwww.
also as part of the group who doesnât want children and knew she didnât want them at the ripe age of twelve can I just say that this crap is honestly draining? like itâs probably the category with less *issues* since itâs not like you have to fight for adoption or whatever but having 90% of your female relatives asking when youâre planning for kids and dismissing it when you say you arenât having any now or ever is bothersome enough, if the GOVERNMENT starts telling me that if I donât give a fuck about my fertility or having children then Iâm throwing away my life, fuck you very much. idk Iâd like to think that if I know Iâd be a shitty parent Iâm being *responsible* by not putting another poor soul into the world when I DONâT WANT IT. like whatâs up with worrying about dunno kids who EXIST ALREADY instead of potential ones first?Â
ah right I also forgot that more than half of the gynecologists in public hospitals opts out of performing abortions on top of that, but what do I know, itâs probably better so we put into the world kids whoâll grow up with people who donât love them or will be left in the system. /please
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possibly relatable german learner things
saying ik instead of ich and feeling like youâve let down your entire family
i wonder what a case is⌠actually never mind
rindfleischetikettierungsĂźberwachungsaufgabenĂźbertragungsgesetz
being willing to fight anyone and everyone who says that german is a âviolentâ language
trying to find german films to watch and finding nothing but films about world war 2 or the berlin wall
finding out that there are 5 different words for why and failing to be surprised
trying to understand swiss german
failing to understand swiss german
understanding any kind of dialect and feeling like youâve won olympic gold and saved 50 children from a burning building
hating verb prefixes
accidentally forgetting to say sich when using a reflexive verb and worrying that youâve deeply offended someone or said something very rude
accidentally separating a verb when you werenât supposed to and worrying that youâve deeply offended someone or said something very rude
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FORGETTING THE GOD DAMN SEPARABLE PREFIX AT THE END OF A LONG ASS SENTENCE >:|
