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Lost in Translation

Author	: Charlie Croker
Publisher	: Michael O'Mara Books
Release Date	: 2019-04-04
ISBN 10	: 1789290732
Pages	: 176 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (32 users)

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Download or read book Lost in Translation written by Charlie Croker and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English Abroad affectionately demonstrates the very best - and worst - instances of genuine grammar-gargling from around the world.

Utterly Lost in Translation - Even More Misadventures in English Abroad

Author	: Charlie Croker
Publisher	: Metro Publishing
Release Date	: 2015-06-04
ISBN 10	: 9781784186821
Pages	: 300 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (868 users)

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Download or read book Utterly Lost in Translation - Even More Misadventures in English Abroad written by Charlie Croker and published by Metro Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The search for the globe's funniest language howler continues apace. As with his two previous volumes, Charlie Croker has scoured Kazakhstan hotel foyers, South Korean supermarkets and Argentinian airports, plucking from the mistranslation tree only the very choicest of fruits for your delectation. There is the French hotel advising that 'pets are not allowed in the breakfast'. The bar in Rome requesting that you 'use the arse-tray for your fags'. And the bookshop in China boasting a section titled 'sports and hobbits'.Who can tell what the Japanese camera manufacturer had in mind when they included 'beware the weatherly swell' in their instructions? Who would brave the Barcelona hotel where the pillows have 'firmness to take care of your cervicals'? Who could resist the Austrian restaurant offering 'Saddle of Rabbit in a vortex sheet'?This delightful book is an affectionate trawl through the gems that arise when people all round the world graciously indulge English speakers' shunning of any language but their own. In fact, some of the gems are home-grown: a Hertfordshire restaurant warns that 'any person consumed in the restaurant without paying will be prospected'. So eat some 'chicken soap' in Bulgaria, drink 'Jack Denials' in Italy, stay at the Budapest hotel offering 'non-sliding mates for the bathtubes'... and find yourself Utterly Lost in Translation.'Before use, please read this instruction for god's sake and keep well...Please put on the ocular for use safe...Keep well for fear of danger.' Electrical wire cutters, China 'You are kindly requested not to reach for a table before going through the cashier.' Restaurant, ItalyPraise for Charlie Croker's Lost in Translation and Still Lost in Translation: 'Too funny for public transport' - The Sunday Times 'Very funny and beautifully illustrated' - The Spectator 'As amusing as its predecessor, unashamedly exposing language manglers' - Daily Record

Still Lost in Translation

Author	: Charlie Croker
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2008
ISBN 10	: 9780099517566
Pages	: 178 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (175 users)

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Download or read book Still Lost in Translation written by Charlie Croker and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever arrived in a hotel room and been baffled by the information provided? Beware of your luggage. In your room, you will find a minibar which is filled with alcoholics. Do not throw urine around. Have you ever been to a restaurant and wondered what on earth to order? Bored Meat Stew, Lorry Driver Soup, or Kiss Lorraine. Have you ever arrived in an airport and found that the supposedly helpful signs just make you feel more lost? You are required to declare all sorts of private things. Departure. Bus stop. Car rental. Please buy your ticket consciously. Charlie Croker has, and in 2006 he gathered together what he thought was the definitive collection of English language howlers for his bestselling book "Lost in Translation." But he reckoned without the great British public.Not only was the book a smash hit, it also opened the floodgates to a deluge of emails and letters stuffed full of further mistranslations and mutilated phrases. From a leaflet from the Museum of Rasputin in Russia (which is apparently situated in a house that belonged a pilot fish Zubov) to a song title on a pirated Pink Floyd CD ("Come Fartably Numb"), the scrambled sentences just kept flooding in. At the same time Charlie has continued his travels and picked up gems of his own. With such a wealth of material, a sequel wasn't just a necessity, it was a public service, and "Still Lost in Translation" is even more addictive, whimsical and side-splittingly hilarious than the first book.

Lost in Translation

Author	: Charlie Croker
Publisher	: Michael O'Mara Books
Release Date	: 2011-07-31
ISBN 10	: 9781843177456
Pages	: 221 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (774 users)

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Download or read book Lost in Translation written by Charlie Croker and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2011-07-31 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spoken by over 700 million jabbering individuals, the English language has travelled to all corners of the globe - unfortunately, some of it has got a bit muddled along the way ... Lost in Translation: Misadventures in English Abroad affectionately demonstrates the very best - and worst - instances of genuine grammar-gargling from around the world, discovered by the author and his intrepid team of researchers. It includes everything from hilarious hotel signs to baffling advertisements, such as the German beauty product offering a 'cream shower for pretentious skin', the notice at a French swiming pool which proclaimed that 'swimming is forbidden in the absence of the saviour', or the warning sign at a Czech zoo which instructed visitors: 'No smoothen the lion'.

Utterly Lost in Translation

Author	: Charlie Croker
Publisher	: Metro Books
Release Date	: 2015-06
ISBN 10	: 1784183857
Pages	: 288 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (57 users)

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Download or read book Utterly Lost in Translation written by Charlie Croker and published by Metro Books. This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The search for the globe's funniest language howler continues apace. Following on from the successes of his first two volumes, our intrepid malapropism hunter Charlie Croker has searched high and low, from Korean supermarkets to Argentinian abattoirs, to compile a triumphant third volume. This delightful book affectionately presents the finest and funniest examples of our language gone wrong, but never crosses the line into actually mocking the foreign speakers whose English is often better than our own.

Still Lost in Translation

Author	: Charlie Croker
Publisher	: Random House
Release Date	: 2008-09-04
ISBN 10	: 9781407007489
Pages	: 176 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (74 users)

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Download or read book Still Lost in Translation written by Charlie Croker and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever arrived in a hotel room and been baffled by the information provided? Beware of your luggage. In your room you will find a minibar which is filled with alcoholics. Do not throw urine around. Have you ever been to a restaurant and wondered what on earth to order? Bored Meat Stew Lorry Driver Soup Kiss Lorraine Have you ever arrived in an airport and found that the supposedly helpful signs just make you feel more lost? You are required to declare all sorts of private things. Departure. Bus stop. Car rectal. Please buy your ticket consciously. Charlie Croker has, and in 2006 he gathered together what he thought was the definitive collection of English language howlers for his bestselling book Lost in Translation. But he reckoned without the great British public. Not only was the book a smash hit, it also opened the floodgates to a deluge of emails and letters stuffed full of further mistranslations and mutilated phrases. From a leaflet from the Museum of Rasputin in Russia (which is apparently situated in a house that belonged a pilot fish Zubov) to a song title on a pirated Pink Floyd CD (Come Fartably Numb), the scrambled sentences just kept flooding in. At the same time Charlie has continued his travels and picked up gems of his own. With such a wealth of material, a sequel wasn't just a necessity, it was a public service, and Still Lost in Translation is even more addictive, whimsical and side-splittingly hilarious than the first book.

The Poetry of Translation

Author	: Matthew M. Reynolds
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Release Date	: 2011-09-29
ISBN 10	: 9780199605712
Pages	: 385 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (57 users)

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Download or read book The Poetry of Translation written by Matthew M. Reynolds and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A very wide-ranging book which launches a new theory of poetry translation and pursues it through readings of poem-translations from across the history of English literature. It engages with the key debates in translation studies, and offers new interpretations of major works such as Pope's Iliad, Pound's Cathay, and Dryden's Aeneis.

Linguistic Relativity Today

Author	: Marcel Danesi
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2021-03-15
ISBN 10	: 9781000318166
Pages	: 172 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (181 users)

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Download or read book Linguistic Relativity Today written by Marcel Danesi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first textbook on the linguistic relativity hypothesis, presenting it in user-friendly language, yet analyzing all its premises in systematic ways. The hypothesis claims that there is an intrinsic interconnection between thought, language, and society. All technical terms are explained and a glossary is provided at the back of the volume. The book looks at the history and different versions of the hypothesis over the centuries, including the research paradigms and critiques that it has generated. It also describes and analyzes the relevant research designed to test its validity in various domains of language structure and use, from grammar and discourse to artificial languages and in nonverbal semiotic systems as well. Overall, this book aims to present a comprehensive overview of the hypothesis and its supporting research in a textbook fashion, with pedagogical activities in each chapter, including questions for discussion and practical exercises on specific notions associated with the hypothesis. The book also discusses the hypothesis as a foundational notion for the establishment of linguistic anthropology as a major branch of linguistics. This essential course text inspires creative, informed dialogue and debate for students of anthropology,linguistics, cultural studies, cognitive science, and psychology.

The Geography of Words

Author	: Danko Sipka
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Release Date	: 2021-12-16
ISBN 10	: 9781108899383
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (993 users)

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Download or read book The Geography of Words written by Danko Sipka and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Languages around the world organize their lexicons, or vocabularies, in a myriad of different ways. This book is a celebration of global linguistic diversity, bringing together fascinating cases from a wide range of languages to explore how and why this lexical variation occurs. Each of the thirty-six short chapters shows how different culturally-specific words, relating to a range of phenomena such as kinship, colour, space, time, objects, smells, and animals, vary across languages and geographical locations. It also explains the mechanisms of development in vocabularies, showing why this variation occurs, and how languages and cultures interact, to deepen the reader's understanding of one of the most important aspects of linguistics. Assuming little to no prior knowledge of linguistics, and introducing concepts in an accessible way, this book is an entertaining, informative read for anyone who wants to learn more about the incredible variation and diversity of the human lexicon.

E-Technologies: Transformation in a Connected World

Author	: Gilbert Babin
Publisher	: Springer
Release Date	: 2011-05-02
ISBN 10	: 9783642208621
Pages	: 285 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (86 users)

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Download or read book E-Technologies: Transformation in a Connected World written by Gilbert Babin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on E-Technologies, MCETECH 2011, held in Les Diablerets, Switzerland, January 23-26, 2011. Originally 10 papers were selected from a total of 32 submissions. Seven additional papers were included following a second round of reviewing and improvement.The papers in this volume cover topics such as process modeling, organizational transformation, e-Business, e-Government, e-Education, and e-Health.

Language, Society, and New Media

Author	: Marcel Danesi
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2017-12-14
ISBN 10	: 9781351586719
Pages	: 459 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (867 users)

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Download or read book Language, Society, and New Media written by Marcel Danesi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses an interdisciplinary approach, integrating frameworks from sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology and emerging strands of research on language and new media, to demonstrate the relationship between language, society, thought, and culture to students with little to no background in linguistics. Couched in this integrative “cultural linguistic” approach, each chapter covers the significant topics in this area, including language structures, language and cognition, and language variation and change, while also presenting future avenues of study by ending each chapter in a description of how language is evolving in online contexts. This new edition includes brand new discussions on social media and the creation of identity; gestural communication; emoji writing; multimodality; and language in the global village. Discussions are supported by a wealth of pedagogical features, including sidebars, activities and assignments, and a glossary. In this second edition of Language, Society, and New Media, Marcel Danesi demonstrates the dynamic connections between language, society, thought, and culture, and how they continue to evolve in today’s rapidly changing digital world. It is ideal for students in introductory courses in sociolinguistics, language and culture, and linguistic anthropology.

The Last Word

Author	: Ben Macintyre
Publisher	: A&C Black
Release Date	: 2011-06-01
ISBN 10	: 9781408816844
Pages	: 320 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (168 users)

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Download or read book The Last Word written by Ben Macintyre and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A sprinkling of delightful nuggets about the uses and abuses of the English Language' Daily Telegraph, Books of the Year _____________________ Do you know your geek-speak from your geek-chic? Ever wanted to put Humpty Dumpty together again? Can you distinguish Spanglish from Chinglish? We adapt words from other languages, from slang, from developments in science, literature and art. Learn the advantages of having your own signature word; why the lifts in the House of Commons have posh accents; and discover the discreet art of the loophemism. Witty and utterly delightful, The Last Word will tease, tickle and tantalise those who enjoy all things lexical.

Løst in Träns̆latio[pi]

Author	: Charlie Croker
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2006
ISBN 10	: 1843172089
Pages	: 176 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (89 users)

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Download or read book Løst in Träns̆latio[pi] written by Charlie Croker and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Renny's paintings are so good that they almost appear real. But no one seems to pay them any attention-until a strange man offers to make everything that Mr. Renny paints come to life. First there's the painting of the apple, which Mr. Renny can now eat. Then there's a huge hotdog, a new car, a cruise liner... Mr. Renny paints himself a life of luxury-until his friend Rose comes to ask if she can buy one of his paintings. But he doesn't have any real paintings left! The spell must be broken-and soon! A book containing subtle references to the work of Belgian surrealist Ren Magritte, the illustrations are full of clever and amusing details.

Information Retrieval Evaluation in a Changing World

Author	: Nicola Ferro
Publisher	: Springer
Release Date	: 2019-08-13
ISBN 10	: 9783030229481
Pages	: 595 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (294 users)

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Download or read book Information Retrieval Evaluation in a Changing World written by Nicola Ferro and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume celebrates the twentieth anniversary of CLEF - the Cross-Language Evaluation Forum for the first ten years, and the Conference and Labs of the Evaluation Forum since – and traces its evolution over these first two decades. CLEF’s main mission is to promote research, innovation and development of information retrieval (IR) systems by anticipating trends in information management in order to stimulate advances in the field of IR system experimentation and evaluation. The book is divided into six parts. Parts I and II provide background and context, with the first part explaining what is meant by experimental evaluation and the underlying theory, and describing how this has been interpreted in CLEF and in other internationally recognized evaluation initiatives. Part II presents research architectures and infrastructures that have been developed to manage experimental data and to provide evaluation services in CLEF and elsewhere. Parts III, IV and V represent the core of the book, presenting some of the most significant evaluation activities in CLEF, ranging from the early multilingual text processing exercises to the later, more sophisticated experiments on multimodal collections in diverse genres and media. In all cases, the focus is not only on describing “what has been achieved”, but above all on “what has been learnt”. The final part examines the impact CLEF has had on the research world and discusses current and future challenges, both academic and industrial, including the relevance of IR benchmarking in industrial settings. Mainly intended for researchers in academia and industry, it also offers useful insights and tips for practitioners in industry working on the evaluation and performance issues of IR tools, and graduate students specializing in information retrieval.

The Comics Journal

Author	:
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 2009
ISBN 10	: STANFORD:36105133534961
Pages	: 644 pages
Rating	: 4.O/5 (36 users)

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A Dictionary of the English Language

Author	: Robert Gordon Latham
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1882
ISBN 10	: UCAL:$C191477
Pages	: 758 pages
Rating	: 4.$/5 (914 users)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of the English Language written by Robert Gordon Latham and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Dictionary of the English Language

Author	: Samuel Johnson
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1882
ISBN 10	: HARVARD:HN3DE7
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.R/5 (3 users)

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