Tag Archives: Japanese language
Windows 7 in African languages, unfortunate name translations, and the new Klingon
For the latest podcast, I have five language news stories from the past month: 5. African languages to get their versions of Windows. Microsoft says by 2011 it will release versions of its new Windows 7 operating system in ten … Continue reading
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Spelling Obama in Chinese, oratory, and chop suey love
How do you spell Obama in Chinese? Depends who you are. The Chinese news media spell it 奥巴马 (àobāmǎ). But the US Embassy in Beijing recently launched a campaign to change it to 欧巴马 (ōubāmǎ). Why no agreement? The embassy … Continue reading
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Bilingual metaphors, the passion of place name changes, and interpreting for the Dodgers
Nobel literature prize winner Herta Mueller grew up in Romania. She spoke German at home, and Romanian at school. As a result her writing is infused with mixed metaphors. Not as in “he careened between lovers till his private life … Continue reading
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Banning Hungarian, swearing for pain relief, and dog barks translated
For this month’s language news podcast, I roped in The World’s Online Editor Clark Boyd. In a former life, Clark taught English in Hungary — yes that’s a barely younger version of him posing beneath the signpost. He, of course, … Continue reading
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