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Nordic and Indigenous Knowledge
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Nordic and Indigenous Knowledge

By George
March 16, 2025

At dawn this morning, I completed the new version of The Blinding Sea, which investigates the relationships and sharing of

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A Late Medieval Bestiary
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A Late Medieval Bestiary

By George
March 19, 2024

As I continue reading Des monstres et prodiges (Monsters and Wonders), by Ambroise Paré, I am struck by the way

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Variations on an Author’s Theme
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Variations on an Author’s Theme

By George
March 15, 2024

A good translation captures the energy of the original, like the horses racing across a river in the feature image

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The Renaissance Thrill of the Unknown
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The Renaissance Thrill of the Unknown

By George
March 11, 2024

Ambroise Paré, the 16th century medical practitioner, military surgeon, and royal surgeon to the French monarchy, has often been credited

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English to French and Back Again
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English to French and Back Again

By George
March 11, 2024

I translate from English to French, but also, for good measure, from French to English! Je traduis du français vers

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Five-Day Fire on a Container Ship
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Five-Day Fire on a Container Ship

By George
March 10, 2024

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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An Investigation of Meaning
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An Investigation of Meaning

By George
March 2, 2024

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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Clones and Eye Witnesses
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Clones and Eye Witnesses

By George
February 29, 2024

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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The Exception, Not the Rule
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The Exception, Not the Rule

By George
February 29, 2024

Chatbots turn human language into coded abstractions. There is nothing particularly new about this abstract coding, however. Writing as we

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Expression versus Communication
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Expression versus Communication

By George
February 28, 2024

What does a black swan have to do with human language? Read on…. (But I will give you a hint:

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Wild Talk
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Wild Talk

By George
February 19, 2024

I occasionally come across people who crave to invent stories about themselves. How exhilarating for them, but how disturbing for

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Bald Eagle at Dawn
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Bald Eagle at Dawn

By George
February 19, 2024

On getting up this morning here in Lévis, I watched a bald eagle floating majestically by the house and out

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