Klingon and Interslavic in the office · La klingona kaj interslava en la oficejo
The most recent version of the freely distributable and open-source office suite LibreOffice supports directly marking that a text (or part of one) is written in Klingon or Interslavic. In the words of British technology news website The Register: “Constructed...New Trends in Translation and Technology · Novaj Tendencoj en Tradukado kaj Teknologio
The international conference “New Trends in Translation and Technology” will take place on the island of Rhodes, Greece, from 4 to 6 July 2022. For details of the topics and further information, please see the NETTT’2022 website. La internacia konferenco “Novaj...When Esperantists Meet · Kiam esperantistoj renkontiĝas
Guilherme Fians’s book Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks includes a chapter entitled “When Esperantists Meet, or What Makes This Community International?”. It explores how certain understandings of nationality emerged historically among Esperanto speakers,...Yiddish and “Lingvo Universala” · La jida kaj “lingvo universala”
In a new book, Zamenhof’s Yiddish Grammar and His Universal Language: Two Projects in Ashkenazi Culture, Christer Kiselman compares the Yiddish language as described by Zamenhof with his contemporaneous language project – and Esperanto’s predecessor – Lingvo...Vacancy for professor of translation studies · Profesoro pri tradukstudoj serĉata
Kent State University, Ohio is looking for an Assistant, Associate or Full Professor of Translation Studies, specialising in Japanese translation, to start in August 2022. The successful candidate will teach Japanese-English translation workshop courses at the M.A....Mobile Youth · Poŝtelefona junularo
“Mobile Youth: How Digital Media Changed Language Learning, Activism for Free Speech and the Very Experience of Time” is a chapter in Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks by Guilherme Fians. It explores how digital media and the emergence of the first natively digital...Success would mean failure · Sukceso signifus malsukceson
The chapter “We Have Never Been Universal: How Speaking a Language Becomes a Prefigurative Practice” in the book Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks by Guilherme Fians argues that the Esperanto movement is only sustainable insofar as Esperanto does not become a de...Flat and fast but not melodious · Plata kaj rapida sed ne melodia
“Eros, Beauty, and Phon-Aesthetic Judgements of Language Sound. We Like It Flat and Fast, but Not Melodious. Comparing Phonetic and Acoustic Features of 16 European Languages” is a fascinating article by Vita Kogan and Susanne Reiterer, published a year ago in...Fettes to direct theme of indigenous languages · Fettes reĝisoros pri indiĝenaj lingvoj
At the end of January 2022, Dr Mark Fettes, ex-president of UEA and professor of education, agreed to serve as theme director for the 107th World Esperanto Congress in Montreal. The theme was inspired by the UN’s decision to build on the experiences of 2019, the...IfI: Information for Interlinguists
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