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Ai Weiwei’s translator, Belgium during linguistic wartime, and Rastamouse
Arrested Chinese artist Ai Weiwei wrote a blog that was, if anything, even more provocative than his art. We hear from Beijing-based translator and art critic Lee Ambrozy who has translated Ai’s blog posts into English. Next in the pod, … Continue reading
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Deciphering ancient script and contemporary politicos
In this week’s podcast, another five language stories that didn’t make headlines. Well, aside from the Sarah Palin one. Discussing these stories with me are Rhitu Chatterjee, host of The World’s Science podcast, Clark Boyd, host of The World’s Technology … Continue reading
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Language adoption and the future of spelling
This week’s pod has two contrasting stories on language adoption. In the first instance, the intention is to encourage bilingualism; in the second, it’s to promote nationalism. Belgium hasn’t had a revolution since 1830 (see pic), after which a new … Continue reading
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Words your grandmother taught you in Chinese, Dutch and Yiddish
Did Barack Obama learn a word or two from his grandmother? Well, maybe not — he didn’t grow up with the gran pictured here (it’s his Kenyan stepmother). But many people did learn their very first foreign words from their … Continue reading
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