O, Miami festival highlights poetry in translation – Florida Wires – MiamiHerald.com. Poesia & Poetry is a bilingual poetry reading event. Get more details at www.omiami.org. Event ends April 30.

“Gay” blunder mars Eurovision Song Contest brochure in Germany – Monsters and Critics. Both brochures are being corrected by hand, with stickers to be placed over the incorrect text. Contributed by ATIF Member Mike Powers.

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Explanation: How Brain Training Can Make You Significantly Smarter | How Life Works. It turns out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental workouts can significantly improve our basic, cognitive functions. == == == == ATIF Note: Our members can have access to the exercises […]

Translators must read with their ears | Books | guardian.co.uk. The difficulty of translating fiction isn’t finding the correct equivalent for each word. That would be like a pianist reading music and fumbling about for the right note on the keyboard each time: no music would ever be made. It is, as people often say, […]

Is Conversate a Word? : Grammar Girl :: Quick and Dirty Tips ™. “In the case of these verbs, there are now two verbs cluttering up the place where only one verb needs to be[..].”

American Sign Language bill becomes law | LoudounTimes.com. “I think the most important thing about the bill’s passage is the fact that it improves access to higher education for a lot of people,” Bell said. “It breaks down barriers between cultures, and it improves the ways we can communicate.”

The St. Petersburg Times – the word’s worth A Hidden Talent. “Excellent advice, brought to you by the pen of a translator.”