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oozey mess
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YOU ARE THE REASON
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@gleekjo
Welcome to my blog, earthling!
I'm just your friendly neighborhood Spider-German. Feel free to have a look around, to like some stuff, to reblog some bits or to message me. I won‘t bite (probably).
Oh, and there‘s also my side blog @mechanicsandmagic for all your trainspotting and machinery needs 🚂
Most of us who have learned another language end up with the attitude that it's best to read books in the original because some things just don't translate and in a real sense, you never really read a book if you read it in translation. While I generally agree with this attitude, at the same time I think it is unappreciative of the work that translators do.
Yes, there are a lot of bad translations out there, but there are also good translations. Good translation is a skill, and it's an incredible skill given what a good translator has to be able to do. They have to be fluent in not just two languages, but the nuances of two cultures. They have to be able to understand literature. They have to have writing skills on the level of the writer they are translating. If translating classical literature, they have to understand the historical context.
A good translator will include translator notes to try and explain the nuances that get lost in translation, cultural nuances, and historical context if it's classical literature. Yes, this means that they have to teach you a little bit of the language and culture of the original. Therefore, a good translator will give you an appreciation for a language that you hadn't had before.
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Cesare Maggi - Speeding Train (ca. 1902)
4-11-24
Pikmin Shenanigans :) Which one are you ?
Youth fascination with technology
“hi welcome to mcdonalds what can i get for you?”
“yeah can i get a deluxe quarter pounder with cheese?”
“absolutely, do you want the meal or just the sandwich?’
“uuuuuh hold on”
*fishes something out of my pocket*
“mikey what do i do?”
“get the fries. youll need the energy in the coming days”
*stuffs it back in my pocket*
“uhh yes please the meal would be great”
world heritage post
Terranigma (Enix/Quintet, 1996)
All of this delights me to no end.
…I’m actually speechless.
I wasn’t looking for any information about railroads and now I’m left with that + knowledge about spaceships, Roman chariots and one (1) unexpected but welcome joke.
I am now trying to figure out how to share this (the age-appropriate parts) with my middle school history students. What a great chain of facts!
sweeping up the alphabet
border illustrations from the hours of marguerite d'orléans, france, 15th c.
source: Paris, BnF, Latin 1156 B, fol. 135r
