by ATIF WebMaster | Dec 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Learning to Speak American by Tim Parks | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books. “I had started the editing process in a spirit of easygoing cooperation, determined to set aside any pride in Englishness and work to produce the best package possible for an...
by ATIF WebMaster | Dec 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
IAPTI -INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS. I believe that the translator who stumbles when having to quote his or her fees is giving off a signal that is damaging for all of us. Stand up for yourselves, colleagues!
by ATIF WebMaster | Dec 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
No Longer Just a Voice in the Wilderness « mariacristinadelavegamusings. “Because federal certification testing was founded on a valid empirical analysis of courtroom language and the complex job of the court interpreter in this setting, it set the...
by ATIF WebMaster | Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
What words really mean: David Foster Wallace’s dictionary – Telegraph. This is an edited extract from “Both Flesh and Not”, by David Foster Wallace, published by Hamish Hamilton at £20.
by ATIF WebMaster | Dec 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Stephen Fry on language. [VIDEO]. This is a 6m33s video on language, use, modern society. Well worth the time it takes to watch (and enjoy) it.
by ATIF WebMaster | Dec 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
The 2012 Word of the Year is #hashtag, The Web of Language. Other observers of the lexicon have named their own Word of the Year. Click above to read more.