Esperantic Studies Foundation (ESF) was established in 1968 as a vehicle for promoting scholarly research and dialogue on issues concerned with world language problems and language policy and planning. It works to promote the understanding and implementation of linguistic justice in a multicultural world through three priority areas: Research, Conservation and Education, supported by a system of grants and awards. This blog, ESF Connected, showcases recent activities and achievements within ESF’s priority areas, and the work of ESF and others more generally.
Del Esperanto al Dothraki: una reseña del libro (1)
Piperski, Aleksandr: Конструирование языков: от эсперанто до дотракийского ‘Constructing Languages: from Esperanto to Dothraki’. Moscow, Alypina Non-Fikšn 2017, 224 paĝoj. ISBN 978-5-91671-1. Reseña de Stanislav Košecký, Eslovaquia. El libro se muestra junto al Dr. Košecký y Aleksandr Piperski a la derecha.. En la introducción a esta publicación, el autor se esfuerza por dar una presentación...
De Esperanto ĝis Dothraki: librorecenzo (1)
PIPERSKI, Aleksandr: Конструирование языков: от эсперанто до дотракийского ‘La konstruado de lingvoj: de Esperanto ĝis Dothraki’. Moskvo, Alypina Non-Fikšn 2017, 224 paĝoj. ISBN 978-5-91671-1. Recenzo de Stanislav Košecký (Slovakio). La bildo montras la recenzatan libron apud d-ro Košecký kaj Aleksandr Piperski dekstre. En la enkonduko de tiu ĉi publikaĵo la aŭtoro klopodas koncize prezenti la...
The Book of Guests in Esperanto
We are proud to announce the worldwide publication of Clarence Bicknell’s Book of Guests in Esperanto, a masterpiece of dedication and arts-and-crafts talent in watercolours by a light-hearted polymath of the late 19th century. Clarence Bicknell (1842-1918) built his summer house, the Casa Fontanalba, in the Italian Maritime Alps in 1906, and year after year created hand-drawn vellum-bound...
El Libro de Invitados en Esperanto
Estamos orgullosos de anunciar la publicación mundial del Libro de Invitados de Clarence Bicknell en esperanto, una obra maestra de dedicación y talento artístico y artesanal en acuarelas de un erudito alegre de finales del siglo XIX. Clarence Bicknell (1842-1918) construyó su casa de verano, la Casa Fontanalba, en los Alpes Marítimos italianos en 1906, y año tras año creó álbumes encuadernados...
La Gastolibro de Clarence Bicknell en Esperanto
Ni fieras anonci la tutmondan eldonon de la Gastolibro de Clarence Bicknell en Esperanto, akvarela majstroverko de sindediĉo kaj metiarta talento de distra multesciulo de la malfrua 19-a jarcento. Clarence Bicknell (1842-1918) konstruis sian someran domon, Casa Fontanalba, en la italaj apudmaraj alpoj en 1906, kaj jaron post jaro li kreis mane faritajn velene kovritajn albumojn, kiuj montris la...
Numismatics: an Esperanto cultural treasure trove no longer in the dark (2)
In his groundbreaking booklet Esperanto-mono (“Esperanto Money”, 2000) Hans Jankowski includes not only Esperanto coins and medallions, but also payment methods and securities of various kinds that have been used as local or event-related means of payment. When mentioning Esperanto money, it’s crucially important to stress that it’s not an official currency. Only a few national coins, put into...
Numismática: un tesoro cultural del esperanto que ya no está oculto (2)
En su innovador folleto Esperanto-mono (“Dinero esperanto”, 2000), Hans Jankowski incluye no solo monedas y medallones en esperanto, sino también métodos de pago y valores de varios tipos que se han utilizado como medios de pago locales o relacionados con eventos. Al mencionar el dinero en esperanto, es de vital importancia enfatizar que no es una moneda oficial. Sólo unas pocas monedas...
Numismatiko: ne plu kaŝita trezorujo de la Esperanto-kulturo (2)
En sia pionira broŝuro Esperanto-mono (2000) Hans Jankowski inkludas ne nur Esperantajn monerojn kaj medalojn, sed ankaŭ diversspecajn pagilojn kaj valorpaperojn, uzitajn kiel lokaj aŭ evento-rilataj pagrimedoj. Menciante Esperantan monon, oni nepre atentu emfazi, ke ne temas pri oficiala valuto. Nur kelkaj naciaj moneroj, eldonitaj de oficialaj ŝtataj instancoj por honori personojn koncerne...
Bulletin · Bulteno
Short bilingual announcements of publications and projects
Mallongaj dulingvaj anoncoj pri eldonaĵoj kaj projektoj
Contribute an item · Kontribui eron
Master’s interlinguistics at Poznań · Magistriĝa interlingvistiko en Poznano
The Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland has been running international postgraduate interlinguistic courses since 1998. For the academic year 2022–23 it plans to launch a two-year Master’s course for the international body of interlinguistics students within...
Indigenous causes · Indiĝenaj aferoj
The Decade of Indigenous Languages has begun. Here is an update from the UN on indigenous causes. Komenciĝas la Jardeko de Indiĝenaj Lingvoj. Jen ĝisdatigo de UN (anglalingve) pri indiĝenaj demandoj.
“The Black City” in Esperanto · “La nigra urbo” en Esperanto
A new novel in Esperanto, Kálmán Mikszáth’s La nigra urbo (“The Black City”) translated László Pásztor, is available at the Hungarian Electronic Library. Nova Esperant-lingva romano, La nigra urbo de Kálmán Mikszáth, en traduko de László Pásztor, aperis en la Hungara...
Kimura: Methods of Interlinguistic Communication · Metodoj de Interlingva Komunikado
Various strategies exist for interlinguistic communication, for example a constructed language, and there has been much discussion as to the advantages and disadvantages of these. Based on field research in the German-Polish border area, Goro Christoph Kimura has...
Stockholm+50 · Stokholmo+50
A major UN conference, “Stockholm+50”, will be held in Stockholm on 2 and 3 June 2022 under the theme “A healthy planet for the prosperity of all: our responsibility, our opportunity”. A preparatory meeting took place a week ago in New York, with participation by...
2022 ECSPM Symposium · ECSPM-Simpozio 2022
The European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism is holding a conference on the 8th and 9th of April, entitled “Language(s) and the construction of knowledge in European HE”. The programme is also available in PDF. La Eŭropa Civil-Socia Platformo por...
Translate, Write, Simplify · Traduki, verki, simpligi
The Department of Languages and Literatures, Communication, Education and Society at the University of Udine, Italy is calling for papers for its conference investigating the relations between the acts of translating, writing and simplifying. The event will be held on...
Translation as an Event · Tradukado kiel evento
The editors of the Yearbook of Translational Hermeneutics invite contributions broadly aimed at relating translation theory and performance studies, focused specifically on the notion of translation as an event. Details can be found in the call for papers. La...
Coming to a Close · Proksimiĝi al fino
The final chapter in Guilherme Fians’s book Esperanto Revolutionaries and Geeks is called “Coming to a Close, or How Not to Put an End to the Conversation”. The chapter analyses how Esperanto’s continuous existence and regular use emerge from the fact that the...
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...
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