Tag Archives: Russia
Turkish, Stalin, and just say non!
The newest star of Germany’s national soccer team is an ethnic Turk. And the popularity of Mesut Özil is one of the reasons why Turkish has become just a little more accepted in Germany today. There are other reasons: the … Continue reading
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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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Russia’s national lyricist, Canada’s language laws, and the rehabilitation of a code-breaker
This week, a look back at the career of the late Sergei Mikhalkov, who has died aged 96. During World War Two, Mikhalkov wrote the lyrics to the Soviet national anthem. After Stalin died, he rewrote the lyrics, expunging all … Continue reading
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podcast #2: putinology and don’t exaggerate on your resume
In this week’s podcast, the focus is on the Russian language. There are those names of leaders: Putin, Stalin, Medvedev. They all mean – or at least connote – concrete things to Russians. (A lot of non-Russians, btw, have great trouble pronouncing … Continue reading
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