Top 10 U.S. Translation Schools
So you’ve decided to take that next big step, to apply to graduate schools for a Translation Studies degree. But the big questions are rolling around in your head — which of the U.S. schools that offer translation degrees are the best, and what sets each program apart? As we mentioned in the Translation Degree […]
Flood 2009
For those not in Atlanta and who have not heard any news about what is going on right now, we are in the middle of the biggest flood on record. Although it has been raining for over a week now in Georgia, over the past thirty-six hours more than thirteen inches of rain has accumulated […]
Bento: The Japanese Art of Lunch
Over the past year or so I’ve noticed a strange phenomenon: people are showing up in cafeterias and break rooms carrying tiny plastic boxes or tins filled with elegantly arranged or cutely flourished lunch items. Their sandwiches may look like mice one day, cats another; the fruit resembles a bouquet of flowers—everything has a cup […]
A Ghoulish Season
Today marks the first unofficial day of Fall and where I am, at least, the weather is starting to cloud up and cool off a bit and the kids are back in school. To celebrate the close of summer, the New York Times’ Gail Collins, wrote a summer quiz—what interesting and salacious newsworthy tidbits happened […]
Translation Graduate Programs: An Overview
It’s that time of the year again, the application cycle for graduate programs across the nation is about to start. Applying to any program is a daunting task, whether it be a certificate program or a PhD. Simply finding the information about what programs are out there, the length of each program, and how much […]
Sharking
One of my favorite web comics is Anders Loves Maria by Renee Engström. The comic follows the story of Anders and Maria, two artists living in Stockholm. I love the complexity of the storyline—it jumps between past and present—and Engström’s beautiful and detailed drawings. The Swedish cast makes for some interesting linguistic quandaries sometimes, like […]
Translation Thoughts
Irish speakers will now be able to use Google’s online translation tools to translate web documents into Gaeilge. In addition to translating specific pages and text, the tool allows users to search English webpages with Irish keywords. “Web results about safari tour companies in English, French or another language can be translated into Irish in […]
The Soul of Food
This summer feels like it has been, the summer of food. Between the premiers of movies like Food Inc. and Julie and Julia, the buzz around New York Times food critic Frank Bruni’s retirement , and the usual food and beer festivals, food—whether the art of growing it, cooking it, or properly enjoying it—has been […]
Astronomy Turns 400!
Four hundred years ago today (August 25), Galileo Galilei (Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei) demonstrated the use of a telescope to the Venetian senate. His telescope, a simple leather tube with lenses at either end (it magnified objects by 9x) was not the first, a Dutchman named Hans Lipperhey had filed a patent the […]
Etymology in Process
Over the past few days I managed to pack up all of my belongings into cardboard boxes, meticulously arrange them in a U-Haul truck, drive almost five hundred miles north, unload the truck, and then unpack everything. If nothing else, the ordeal made me think about process: the in between, the in-motion, the on going. […]