Tag Archives: Russian
At the BBC, fewer languages and less influence
Like millions of others, I grew up with the BBC. Today I work for a BBC co-production. I’m not a BBC employee, but I’m close to this story. And, um, that’s not me in the picture. I use a smaller … Continue reading
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Translators working overtime, silverfin aka Asian carp, and counting in Chinese
Translators are proving their worth twice in this week’s podcast: in New York, where they’re helping elderly Russian speakers fill out forms from the US Census Bureau; and in Louisiana and Mississippi where they’re interpreting for Vietnamese-American fishermen whose livelihoods … Continue reading
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New York’s polyglot cops, Arabic online, and the planet’s most difficult language
For the latest podcast, five language news stories from the past few weeks, as chosen by The Big Show’s crack language team (Carol and me). 5. Nice and nasty words. Our pick of the many lists — here, here and … Continue reading
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Baby talk, Ukrainian talk, and translated punk talk
Is this baby crying in German or French? A new study says we may be able to tell. The study was originally discussed on my sister pod, The World’s science podcast. It concludes that we begin language acquisition in … 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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