As I continue reading Des monstres et prodiges (Monsters and Wonders), by Ambroise Paré, I am struck by the way
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A good translation captures the energy of the original, like the horses racing across a river in the feature image
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Ambroise Paré, the 16th century medical practitioner, military surgeon, and royal surgeon to the French monarchy, has often been credited
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I translate from English to French, but also, for good measure, from French to English! Je traduis du français vers
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It was an impressive sight this evening, to see the blacked-out MSC Sao Paulo V being led up to Quebec
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In early December this year, four more of my book translations will be coming out under the Evidentia Classics imprint:
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How do we make sure a work or document is well-translated into another language? I ask this question at a
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In mid-September this year, four of my book translations will be coming out under the Evidentia Classics imprint: La Boétie,
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I recently mentioned the relationship of spoken language to lived experience, and I contrasted this with the nano-plagiarism of chatbots
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Chatbots turn human language into coded abstractions. There is nothing particularly new about this abstract coding, however. Writing as we
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What does a black swan have to do with human language? Read on…. (But I will give you a hint:
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I occasionally come across people who crave to invent stories about themselves. How exhilarating for them, but how disturbing for
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