Category Archives: English

Word of the year 2022

Posted on 26.11.2022 by Richard Samson

This article, originally published on 26 November, was updated several times in the following weeks as remaining results were announced. The results for English word of the year 2022 are starting to come in. In some cases you can take … Continue reading →

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Andreu Febrer Literary Translation Prize 2023

Posted on 21.11.2022 by Auba Llompart
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La primera traducció cap a l’anglès d’una obra mestra catalana de ciència ficció

Posted on 14.11.2022 by Richard Samson

En paraules de l’editorial, “The first English translation of a Catalan science fiction masterpiece” va ser Typescript of the Second Origin (de Mecanoscrit del segon origen, de Manuel de Pedrolo), publicada l’any 2018. Sara Martín, la persona encarregada de la … Continue reading →

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Traduccions sorprenents

Posted on 29.09.2022 by Richard Samson

De tant en tant, els membres del Departament de Traducció, Interpretació i Llengües Aplicades, UVic-UCC, ens divertim compartint errors de traducció automàtica. Ruben Giró és especialment adepte a la detecció d’aquestes pifiades. A principis de curs ens va enviar els … Continue reading →

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How climate change is impacting language globally

Posted on 19.09.2022 by Alan Runcieman

Are you currently experiencing solastalgia and perhaps a little morbique? It would be more than understandable if you are, even if you may be perplexed by the vocabulary that is currently emerging in relation to climate change. Solastalgia is a … Continue reading →

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